avaSya
avaśya, osa ( m. or nt. ; = AMg. osa; Skt. avaśyāya, once Lex. avaśyā, f. ), hoarfrost , as symbol of transitoriness, used of life or worldly things: LV 214.8 ( vs ) osavindūpamā … śūnyasvabhāvā(ḥ), like drops of hoarfrost (fleeting and vain); Samādh 22.6 jīviti svapnanibhe cali 'vaśye ( Régameyʼs note states that Tib. renders hoarfrost , which he unwisely abandons); Śikṣ 18.12 ( vs , cited from Candrapradīpa Sūtra = Samādh , but not the same vs ) jīvite cañcale 'vaśye māyāsvapnanibhopame. In the LV osa could be m.c. for osā = Skt. ( Lex. ) avaśyā; but the loc. (a)vaśye in the others points to a m. or nt. stem; AMg. osa is given by Ratnach. as m.