आशय

āṡaya

etc. seeﾠ 3. ā-ṡī

ā-ṡaya

m. resting-place, bed;

seat, place;
an asylum, abode orﾠ retreat ṠBr. MBh. Pañcat. Bhag. etc.;
a receptacle;
any recipient;
any vessel of the body (e.g.. raktâ̱ṡaya, « the receptacle of blood» i.e. the heart;
āmâ̱ṡaya, the stomach etc.) Suṡr. ;
the stomach;
the abdomen Suṡr. ;
the seat of feelings andﾠ thoughts, the mind, heart, soul Yājñ. R. Kathās. etc.;
thought, meaning, intention Prab. Kathās. Pañcat. ;
disposition of mind, mode of thinking;
(in Yoga phil.) « stock» orﾠ the balance of the fruits of previous works,
which lie stored up in the mind in the form of mental deposits of merit orﾠ demerit,
until they ripen in the individual soul's own experience into rank,
years, andﾠ enjoyment (Cowell's translation of Sarvad. 168, 16 ff. );
the will;
pleasure;
virtue;
vice;
fate;
fortune;
property;
a miser, niggard L. ;
N. of the plant Artocarpus Integrifolia L.