Āyuka ( -- ˚) (adj.) [fr. āyu] -- being of life; having a life or age A iv.396 (niyat˚); VvA 196 (yāvatāyukā dibbasampatti divine bliss lasting for a lifetime). Esp. freq. in combn. with dīgha (long) and appa (short) as dīghāyuka A iv.240; PvA 27; appāyuka A iv.247; PvA 103; both at Vism 422. In phrase vīsati -- vassasahassɔāyukesu manussesu at the time when men lived 20 000 years D ii.5 -- 12 (see Table at Dial. ii.6); DhA ii.9; PvA 135; dasa -- vassasahassɔāyukesu manussesu (10 000 years) PvA 73; cattāḷīsa˚ DhA i.103; catusaṭṭhi -- kappɔāyukā subhakiṇhā Vism 422.