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अनाभास (anAbhAsa)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
anābhāsa,
(1) m., (lit. non-appearance, ) disappearance, vanishing: Mvy 〔6654〕 = Tib. mi snaṅ ba, vanishing (Das)
ihāśravo niravaśeṣam anābhāsam astaṃgacchatīti LV 〔349.1〕 (repeated in sequel)
ucchinnamūlaṃ tālamastakavad anābhāsagatam āyatyām anutpādadharmi Saṃy. Āg. 〔1.1 ff.〕, cf. Pali Vin. 〔iii.2.18〕, where instead of this anabhāvaṃ gatā (or, var., anabhāva-katā, see CPD s.v.)
Pali anabhāva, annihilation = our word
(2) adj. (Bhvr., an- plus ābhāsa, q.v.), having no range or scope (of action), i.e. substantially inactive, of the mind: °sa-citta Gv 〔279.10〕
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(3) as subst., neg. of ābhāsa in same sense: Śikṣ 〔129.3〕 anābhāsagatāḥ sattvā(ḥ), not coming into range.
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German
अनाभास Adj. lichtlos, Kār. 48 zu Māṇḍ. Up.