masculine
Anusaya [anu + śī, seti Sanskrit anuśaya has a different meaning] (see PtsC. 234 note 2 and Cpd. 172 note 2). Bent, bias, proclivity, the persistance of a dormant or latent disposition, predisposition, tendency. Always in bad sense. In the oldest texts the word usually occurs absolutely, without mention of the cause or direction of the bias. So Sn 14 = 369, 545; M III 31; S III 130, IV 33, V 28 236; A I 44; II 157; III 74, 246, 443. Or in the triplet obstinacy, prejudice and bias (adhiṭṭhānābhinivesānusayā) S II 17; III 10, 135, 161; A. V III Occasionally a source of the bias is mentioned. Thus pride at S. I 188; II 252 ff., 275; III 80, 103, 169, 253; IV 41, 197; A I 132, IV 70 doubt at M I 486 — ignorance lust and hatred at S IV 205, M III 285. At D III 254, 282; S V 60; and A IV 9. we have a list of seven anusayas, the above five and delusion and craving for rebirth. Hence-forward these lists govern the connotation of the word; but it would be wrong to put that connotation back into the earlier passages. Later references are Paṭis I 26, 70 ff., 123, 130, 195; II 36, 84, 94, 158; Pp 21; Vibh 340, 383, 356; Kv 405 ff. Dīp I 42.
(latent) disposition, tendency, propensity, inherence
【陽】 傾向，睡眠狀態的性格傾向，隨眠。
(masc, masc, from anusayati) underlying tendency (to); inherent inclination (to); dormant disposition (towards); propensity (to) proclivity, dormant disposition [lit.] sleeping alongside Construction: anu + √sī > say + *a