Avassuta: 2 definitions
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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryavassuta : (adj.) filled with desire; lustful.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryAvassuta, (adj.) (Sk. *avasruta, pp. of ava + sru, cp. avassava) 1. (lit.) flowing out or down, oozing, leaking J. IV, 20.—2. (fig.) (cp. anvāssava & āsava) filled with desire, lustful (opp. anavassuta, q. v.) Vin. II, 236; S. IV, 70, 184 (an°); A. I, 261, 262 (an°); II, 240; IV, 128, 201; Sn. 63 (an°); Pug. 27, 36; Dpvs II. 5 (T. reads avassita). ‹-› Neg. anavassuta: 1. not leaking, without a leak J. IV, 20 (nāvā = udaka-pavesan’âbhāvena a. C.).—2. free from leakage, i.e. from lust or moral intoxication Dh. 39 (°citta); Sn. 63 (see expld. in detail at Nd2 40); SnA 116 (= kilesa-anvāssava-virahita). (Page 84)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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