The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (263 page)

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Asava
(in Buddhism, the destructive poison of desire)
:
sava
or
rava
(P
li/Skt., ‘outflow’, as from a sore). In Buddhism, a group of basic defects or defilements which are the cause of repeated rebirth. There is an original list of three which is often supplemented by a fourth. Among Jains,
rava is the incursion of consequence from
karma
, which has to be recognized by appropriate attention before it can be eliminated.
ASB
(Church of England service book)
:
Ascama
(rabbinic approval of halakhic decision)
:

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