Vāsa2 [vas to dwell, see vasati2] 1. living, sojourn, life Sn 191; Mhvs 17, 2 (anātha -- vāsaŋ vasati to lead a helpless life); PvA 12 (saraagga -- vāsaŋ v. live a life of concord); SnA 59 (lokantarika˚). Cp. pari˚, saŋ˚. <-> 2. home, house, habitation Sn 40. vāsaŋ kappeti to live (at a place), to make one's home J i.242; PvA 47, 100. vāsaŋ upagacchati to enter a habitation (for spending the rainy season) PvA 32. In special sense "bed": see cpd. ˚ûpagata. -- 2. state, condition ( -- ˚), in ariya˚ holy state A v.29 sq.; brahmacariya˚ chastity PvA 61. -- 4. (adj.) ( -- ˚) staying, living, abiding, spending time Sn 19 (ekaratti˚), 414 (ettha˚). vassa˚ spending Lent PvA 20; vuttha˚ having spent Lent J i.183. Cp. ante -- vāsika -- vāsa.

 -- attha home success, luck in the house, prosperity A ii.59, 61 sq. -- âgāra bedroom J iii.317. -- ûpagata (a) having entered one's hut or abode (for the rainy season) Sn 415. -- (b) gone to bed Pv ii.128; PvA 280. -- ghara living room, bedroom SnA 28 (=kuṭī). -- dhura ordinary duty (lit. burden) or responsibility of living, or the elementary stages of saintliness SnA 194, 195 (contrasted to pariyatta -- dhura), 306 (: ganthadhura).