āya (2854)

āya
Entry 2854, Page 101, Col. 1

(Aya, Aya)
āya¦, m. (in Skt., and usually in Pali, only income, opp. to vyaya expense; rarely in Vedic and Up. something like arrival; see BR, and son in Pali e.g. MN i.277.1 udakass' āya-mukham, acc. to comm. ii.322.14 = āgamana-maggo; see also āya-dvāra), coming, arrival, esp. coming into existence, origination, source: KP 46.6, 7, 8 (vs), replacing āyadvāraṃ, q.v., of prose above, karṣāpaṇāyo…bhoti, saṃbodhicittasya ca yatra āyo, āyo bahū tatra ca śrāva- kāṇām; same comparison KP 92.7, 9 (vs), āyu and āyo again replacing āyadvāraṃ of prose; āyaḥ Mvy 2654 = Tib. ḥbuṅ ba (meaning?), or, ḥdu ba, coming together; associated or cpd. with vyaya, (in Skt. income and outlay, but) here origination, coming into being, and passing away (belief in which is a false opinion), Laṅk 174.12 āya-vyaya- dṛṣṭābhiniveśena; 175.14--176.1 nāhaṃ mahāmate lokāya- taṃ deśayāmi, na cāyavyayam, kiṃ tu mahāmate an- āyavyayaṃ deśayāmi.tatrāyo nāma mahāmate utpāda- rāśiḥ samūhāgamā, utpadyante (read °gamād utpadyate with Tib. acc. to note). tatra vyayo nāma…vināśaḥ. an-āyavyaya ity an-utpādasyaitad adhivacanam; Laṅk 182.3 āyaṃ kāryārthanirvṛttiṃ (accs. sg., obj. of paśyate, prec. line), and 4 āyavyaya-parijñānād; Gv 470.3 sarvāyā- śrayaniśrita-vihāra-vihāriṇām (does āya here mean cause, basis, origin?).