ālaya (2966)

ālaya
Entry 2966, Page 106, Col. 1

(Alaya, Alaya)
ālaya¦, m., rarely nt. (in Skt. ‘home’, also in BHS; Pali id., same mgs. as BHS): (1) (habitation, hence) firm basis, fundamental base, in an-ālaya, ālaya-vijñāna, qq.v. for Tib.; also Laṅk 374.3 mano hy ālayasaṃbhūtaṃ, 4 ālayāt sarvacittāni pravartanti taraṅgavat (in both of these substantially = ālaya-vijñāna); perhaps here also Av ii.175.2--3 tatas tena bhagavato 'ntike cittaṃ prasāditaṃ teṣāṃ ca mahāśrāvakāṇām ālayasamāpannānām (arrived at the fundamental basis, the proper mental state?); (2) attach- ment, clinging: Mvy 5382 kāmālayaḥ, attachment (Tib. zhen pa) to desires (Tib. ḥdod pa la); Mv iii.314.2 (mss. corrupt, ed. incorrect; read) ālayārāmā…ālayaratā ālayasamuditā (prajā), mankind takes pleasure, joy, delight in attachment (to lusts; see samudita, and Pali parallels SN i.136.11 ff.; Vin. i.4.35 ff.); Mv iii.400.3 hitvā ālayāni (em., from Pali Sn 535; mss. ālepati); Ud xii.18 ālayāṃs trīn (= the three tṛṣṇā 2 = Pali taṇhā; cf. Sn 635 ālayā, comm. taṇhā); Mv iii.200.11 ālayasamudghāto, rooting out of attachment, cf. Pali AN ii.34.24; Vism. 293.9, 25 f. See also nirālaya.

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