āsrava (3096)

āsrava
Entry 3096, Page 111, Col. 2

(Asrava, Asrava)
āsrava¦ (perhaps oftener written āśrava), m. (= Pali āsava), evil influence, depravity, evil, sin, misery; CPD s.v. anāsava, intoxicants, i.e…passions; Lévi, Sūtrāl. ix.23 n.1, L'écoulement (āsrava) est le mouvement qui porte la pensée à se répandre, comme une eau qui fuit, vers les choses du dehors; Johnston, Saundarān. xvi.3, Transl., note: the influences which attach a man to the saṃsāra; hence sāsrava and laukika are equivalent, as are anāsrava and lokottara; Tib. (e.g. on Mvy 2141 āśravaḥ) zag pa, misery, also sin: anupādāyāsravebhyaś cittāni vimuktāni, see anupādāya; āśravakṣayajñāna is [Page112-a+ 71] the sixth abhijñā, q.v.; śuṣkā āśravā na puna śravanti LV 351.1 (with play on etym., root sru), the āśravas, dried up, flow no more; getting rid of them is arhatship, prāptaṃ mayārhatvaṃ kṣīṇā me āśravā(ḥ) LV 376.11; jinā…ye prāptā āśravakṣayam LV 406.6; arhantānāṃ kṣīṇāśravāṇām Mv i.59.7 ff.; the Buddha is sarvāśravān- takaraṇaṃ Mv i.203.16 = ii.7.12; prahīnasarvāśrava- bandhanasya Buddhasya Divy 379.12; kṣīṇāśrava (or °srava), said of a bhikṣu, Divy 542.21, of a muni Jm 17.16; equivalent to duḥkha, in formula of 4 noble truths: (after idaṃ duḥkham) ayam āśravasamudayo 'yam āśra- vanirodha iyam āśravanirodhagāminī pratipad LV 348.19 f.; in Mv ii.285.5, after statement of all four truths as usual with duḥkha, they are repeated with āśravāḥ (pl.), ime āśravāḥ, imo (mss. ime) āśravasamudayo ayaṃ āśrava- nirodho etc.; nirvāsyanti anāśravāḥ Mv ii.66.6; there are four āśrava (also = ogha, yoga), listed LV 348.21--22, viz. kāma-, bhava-, avidyā-, dṛṣṭi- (so also in Pali, kāma, bhava, avijjā, diṭṭhi, but also a list of only three, omitting diṭṭhi); very common is anāsrava (= kṣīṇā° above), free from the depravities or from evil; pure (less commonly nirāśrava, LV 405.21, of Buddha), sometimes contrasted with its opposite sāśrava: nāpi ye dharmā anāśravāḥ te sāśravā ti deśayāmi (and vice versa) Mv i.173.8--9; sāsra- vānāsravāḥ (dharmāḥ) SP 142.10; devamanuṣyasarvaśrā- vakapratyekabuddhakuśalāni sāsravāṇy anāsravāṇi vā (all of little value) Gv 500.14; anāsrava (or °śrava), of persons, SP 34.13 (read here adya me with mss. for adyeme); LV 242.11; jñānaṃ vipulaṃ anāsravam SP 15.7; anāśra- vaṃ te caraṇaṃ Mv i.164.8, thy conduct is pure; āśravā- ṇāṃ kṣayād anāśravāṃ cetovimuktiṃ (acc. sg.) Mv iii.321.9--10; anāśravasadṛśaṃ prathamadhyānaṃ Divy 391.16; sāśravaṃ cittaṃ Mv ii.403.13; sāśravānāṃ (den- tal n)…dhyānasamādhisamāpattīnāṃ (of the false teacher Rudraka) doṣo LV 244.2--3; unlike anuśaya, with which it is sometimes associated or even equated (AbhidhK. LaV-P. v.79), it is always used with evil con- notation; in Gv 461.3--4 kalyāṇamitrādhīnāḥ…bodhi- sattvānāṃ sarvabodhisattvacaryāśravāḥ, the last cpd. contains -bodhisattvacaryā plus śravāḥ (= sravāḥ, streams; cf. -praṇidhāna-śrotāṃsi, line 6), not -āśravāḥ.

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