April 23, 2022 at 5:46 am
#37251
Keymaster
Good question. I should have added it to the post.
It probably came from “upa” + “āsava” + “khaya“, where those words means “stay close to”, “defilements” and “eliminate” or “wear away’.
Thus, it means someone who stays close to the goal of eliminating defilements (lobha, dosa, moha).