adjective
delicious
Asecanaka (adjective) [a + secana + ka, from sic to sprinkle, cf. BHS asecanaka-darśana in same meaning e.g. Divy 23, 226, 334] — unmixed, unadulterated, i.e. with full and unimpaired properties, delicious, sublime, lovely M I 114; S I 213 (a. ojava "that elixir that no infusion needs" Mrs Rh.D.) = Thig 55 (explained as anāsittakaṃ pakatiyā'va mahārasaṃ at Thig-a 61) = Thig 196 (= anāsittakaṃ ojavantaṃ sabhāva-madhuraṃ Thig-a 168); S V 321; A III 237 f. Miln 405.
asecanaka , adj. (= Pali id. ; in BHS also asecanīya, asecana , and āsec° , qq.v. ; etym. uncertain, cf. Tib. below), charming, pleasing , almost always, as in Pali , of sights (particularly of the appearance of persons, notably a Buddha) or sounds: Mvy 392 asecanako rūpeṇa (of Tathāgatas) = Tib. sku byad blta bas chog mi śes pa ( chog śes pa = content ), having beauty of form which one cannot be satiated with looking at , perhaps analyzing a- plus a form of secayati cause to drip, saturate , and so satiate ; but I find no such meaning recorded for secayati or any relative. See CPD on Pali exegesis. Often associated with apratikūla, not repulsive , of both sights and sounds: asecanaka-darśana, of lovely aspect , of Buddhas LV 427.20 ; Mv iii.259.17 ; Divy 226.27 ; 251.21 ; 547.12 ; of a stūpa Divy 23.13 ; of the ocean, as compared to a park Gv 194.21 (mahodyānam … mahāsāgaram iva …) asecanakadarśanam ( 1st ed. asevanaka°); foll. by apratikūla, darśanāye (or °ya), fair and lovely to see , of Buddhas Mv iii.64.10 ; 379.9 ; 407.8 ; 425.8 ; °nako (both edd. °kā-)rūpeṇa, of an emperor Gv 333.19 ; pañcā 'secanakā darśanena, hastī nāgaś ca rājā ca sāgaraś ca śiloccayo 'secanakā darśanena, Buddhaś ca bhagavatāṃ vara iti Divy 334.15—16 ; of sounds, (ghoṣo …) manojñaḥ asecanakaḥ apratikūlaḥ śravaṇāya Mv iii.226.17 ; 229.3 ; almost the same Sukh 36.1 ; 38.6 ; asecanakaś ca … apratikūlaś ca, of Buddhaʼs voice Mv iii.343.1 ; (mahāpṛthivī … kampe, or kampayati …) ullokanīyaṃ ca asecanakaṃ (so, or asecanīyaṃ , q.v. , mss. ; Senart sometimes em. āsec°) ca apratikūlaṃ ca (adverbs: in an admirable, charming, unrepellent way ) Mv i.207.1 = ii.10.11 ; iii.341.8 (of the quaking of the earth).
never causing surfeit; (according to commentaries : not requiring anything added)
【形】 本來豐滿又可口的。
(adj, adj, from na secana) pure; undiluted; unmixed; unadulterated full and delicious in itself Construction: na > a + √sic > sec + *ana + ka na + secana + ka