avacara
Avacara,(-°) (n.-adj.) [ava + car,also BSk.avacara in same sense,e.g.antaḥpurâvacarā the inmates of the harem Jtm 210] (a) (adj.) living in or with,moving in D.I,206 (santika° one who stays near,a companion); fig.dealing or familiar with,at home in A.II,189 (atakka°); IV,314 (parisā°); J.I,60 (tāḷa° one conversant with music,a musician,see tāḷa1); II,95 (saṅgāma°); Miln.44 (id.and yoga°).-- (b) (n.) sphere (of moving or activity),realm,plane (of temporal existence); only as t.t in kāmâvacara rupâvacara arūpâvacara or the 3 realms of sense-desires,form and non-form:kāma° D.I,34 (°deva); Dhs.431 (as adj.); rūpa° Pug.37; arūpa° Pug.38; Ps.I,83,84,101; Dhs.A 387; PvA.138,163; to be omitted in Dhs.1268,1278.(Page 81)