Āśraya

āśraya (T. rten རྟེན་) means "basis," "support," "foundation," etc. This term has multiple usages.

From Tsepak Rigdzin:

1. Basis; support; that upon which something relies.

2. A dependent basis such as our rebirth.

3. Ritual objects, icons, images, offerings, deities and representations of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

From Berzin Archives:

Something that serves as the foundation or container for something else, for instance a house in relation to the people living inside it. Also translated as "what supports" or simply as "support."

From Ives Waldo:

support [a technical term for physical embodiments of enlightened body, speech or mind], a hold, base, basis, foundation, site, dwelling place, abode, an individual, physical form, ordination, means of salvation, what is founded, cultivation, receptacle, representation, shrine, holy object, object of worship, depend on, have recourse to, symbol; physical form, body

Related terms:

• āśraya-parāvṛtti, "transformation of the basis"
• āśrayabala (T. rten gyi stobs), "power of support" (in Vajrayana practices)