आनिमित्त (Animitta)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishānimitta, adj. and subst. nt. (from Skt. animitta plus suffix -a), causeless(ness)
usually parallel with śūnyatā and apraṇihita, qq.v.
as in the case of apraṇihita, it is often hard to be sure whether adj. or subst. is intended, but sometimes certainly the latter
sometimes preceded by śūnyatā in comp. so that an- or ān- would be equally possible, see śūnyatā
clearly subst. nt. Dbh.g. 〔29(55).6〕 bhavate idam ānimittaṃ
AsP 〔204.12〕 (nāpi) ānimittaṃ pravartate
〔256.13〕 na ca … ānimittaṃ vā apraṇihitaṃ vā anabhisaṃskāro vā (and other noms. masc.) … lujyate
Bbh 〔317.3〕 dve ānimitte (the only noun which could be understood is vihāra, masc.)
more or less clearly adj. Bbh 〔276.10〕 ānimittaḥ samādhiḥ (in 2 śūnyatā-samādhiḥ, 5 apraṇihitaḥ sa°)
KP 〔125.3〕 śūnyatā ānimittā apraṇihitāś (all seemingly acc. pl.!) ca dharmāṃ śrutvā
other cases, LV 〔428.9〕 ānimitta-viḥārī
KP 〔94.4〕 (prose) °tta (read °ttaṃ? prob. subst.) cikitsā
Laṅk 〔274.4〕 yogī ānimitta-pratiṣṭhitaḥ
AsP 〔298.6〕 °tta-gatikā(ḥ) … sarvadharmās (cf. parallel 5 śūnyatā-gatikā)
Dbh.g. 〔29(55).14〕 °tta-varadaṃ
śūnyatam … ānimittaṃ (corr. °ttāṃ, which would make the form adj.) RP 〔16.13〕 (see s.v. adhimukta).
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