AvAsika · adjective & masculine · āvāsika 1
Āvāsika (adjective) [āvāsa + ika] living in, residing at home, being in (constant or fixed) residence, usually applied to bhikkhus (opposite āgantuka) Vin I 128 f.; II 15, 170; III 65; V 203 f.; M I 473; A I {100} 236; III 261 f., 366; Ja IV 310; Pv IV 8 4 (= nibaddha-vasanaka Pv-a 267).
āvāsika , adj. (= Pali id. ), resident? (in a monastery; said of a monk) or possibly servant , see s.v. navakarmika : Av i.286.8—9 sa cāvāsiko bhikṣus tatra nāsīt … bhakte sajjīkṛte āvāsiko bhikṣur āgataḥ (in 286.4 and 287.1 called naivāsika , q.v. ); Jm 113.22 °kaḥ so 'stu mahāvihāre; āvāsika-naivāsikair bhikṣubhir MSV iv.84.7 .
(adjective) resident; in (regular or permanent) residence (usually of a bhikkhu); (masculine) a resident bhikkhu (usually staying permanently in the vihāra and/or acting as a caretaker)
(adj, adj, from āvāsa) related to living; who lives [lit.] living here Construction: ā + √vas > vās + *a + ika āvāsa + ika
(adj, adj, from āvāsa) resident [lit.] living here Construction: ā + √vas > vās + *a + ika āvāsa + ika