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upāyāsehi

upāyāsa

masc instr pl of upāyāsa (noun); masc abl pl of upāyāsa (noun)

  1. affliction; difficulty; trouble; despair; ennui
  2. irritation; being upset; internal unrest

Etymology. upa + ā + √yas > yās + *a; from √yas 'strive, struggle'; Sanskrit upāyāsa (bsk) [āyas]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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