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Āvāsa (Pāli) is aBuddhist term, referring to "a site occupied by monks during the rainy season retreat." It also refers to the "fermentation" of "sensuality, views, becoming, and ignorance," which keep one caught in samsara.

Etymology
Literally: effluent, fermentation.

In the Pali canon, avasa defines the four qualityes "sensuality, views, becoming, and ignorance--that flow out of the mind and create the flood of the round of death and birth."

TO DO
1. Reference of Wings of Awakening.

2. Find other references hopefully in other traditions.