Āvāsa [Sk. āvāsa; ā + vas] sojourn, stay, dwelling, living; dwelling -- place, residence Vin i.92; D iii.234; S iv.91; A ii 68, 168; iii.46, 262; Sn 406; Dh 73 (cp. DhA ii.77); Nd1 128; J vi.105; Dhs 1122; Pug, 15, 19, 57; KhA 40; DhA i.177 (āvāsaŋ ālimpeti: read āvāpaŋ); PvA 13, 14, 36; VvA 113; Sdhp 247. -- anāvāsa (n. & adj.) uninhabited, without a home; an uninhabited place A iv.345; J ii.77; Pv ii.333; PvA 80 (= anāgāra); VvA 46.

-- kappa the practice of (holding Uposatha in different) residence (within the same boundary) Vin ii.294, 300, 306; Dpvs iv.47, cp. v.18. -- palibodha the obstruction of having a home (in set of 10 Palibodhas) KhA 39; cp. Vism 90 sq. -- sappāyatā suitability of residence Vism 127.