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āśaya

&c. See 3. ā-√ śī.

ā-śayá m. resting-place, bed, [ŚBr.]

seat, place

an asylum, abode or retreat, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.]; [Pañcat.]; [Bhag.] &c.

a receptacle

any recipient

any vessel of the body (e.g. raktāśaya, ‘the receptacle of blood’ i.e. the heart; āmāśaya, the stomach &c.), [Suśr.]

the stomach

the abdomen, [Suśr.]

the seat of feelings and thoughts, the mind, heart, soul, [Yājñ.]; [R.]; [Kathās.] &c.

thought, meaning, intention, [Prab.]; [Kathās.]; [Pañcat.]

disposition of mind, mode of thinking

(in Yoga phil.) ‘stock’ or ‘the balance of the fruits of previous works, which lie stored up in the mind in the form of mental deposits of merit or demerit, until they ripen in the individual soul's own experience into rank, years, and enjoyment’ ([Cowell]'s translation of [Sarvad. 168, 16 ff.])

the will

pleasure

virtue

vice

fate

fortune

property

a miser, niggard, [L.]

N. of the plant Artocarpus Integrifolia, [L.]