Bhavasrava, Bhavāsrava, Bhava-asrava: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: Abhidharmakosa-Bhasya of Vasubandhu

Bhavāsrava (भवास्रव) refers to the “existence flux” and represents one of the three fluxes (āsrava), according to Dharmaśrī’s Abhidharmahṛdaya 86 and the Saṃyuktābhidharmahṛdaya 196, 200-3.—The ninety-eight proclivities (anuśaya) with the ten envelopments (paryavasthāna) constitute, according to the sūtra: [e.g., the existence flux (bhavāsrava)] [...].—Accordingly, “The proclivities of the realm of fine-materiality and of the realm of immateriality, with the exception of the ignorances, make up twenty-six(= 31 - 5) proclivities for each realm, in total fifty-two entities; this is the existence flux (bhavāsrava)”.

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