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असारक (asAraka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
asāraka, adj. (= Pali id., Skt. asāra), unsubstantial, empty, worthless (see synonyms below): LV 〔242.15〕 and Suv 〔57.14〕, of the body (kāya)
SP 〔282.1〕, read with WT asārakā for KN na sārakā, of conditions of existence (dharmāḥ)
Mv 〔ii.145.19〕 (sarvadharmaṃ) riktakaṃ tucchakaṃ asārakaṃ, empty, vain, unsubstantial
AsP 〔346.(9—)10〕 (puṇyābhisaṃskāro bodhisattvasya śūnyaka riktaka) tucchaka asāraka ity evākhyāyate
śāstrāṇi °kāni (so, with n) Mv 〔i.79.5〕 (vs), worthless (false) sciences (of the world). In some or all of these pejorative force may reside in the suffix -ka.