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abhisannā

Abhisaññā

adjective overflowing, filled with (-˚), full Vin.i.279 (˚kāya a body full of humours, cp. Vin.ii.119 & Mil.134 ) Ja.i.17 ( Ja.v.88 pītiyā); Mil.112 (duggandha˚). pp. of abhisandati = abhi + syand , cp. Sk. abhisanna

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What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

1. ابهِسَننَ

adjective overflowing, filled with (-˚), full Vin.i.279 (˚kāya a body full of humours, cp. Vin.ii.119 & Mil.134) Ja.i.17 (Ja.v.88 pītiyā); Mil.112 (duggandha˚).

pp. of abhisandati = abhi + syand, cp. Sk. abhisanna

2. Abhisaññā

feminine Only in the compound abhi-saññā-nirodha DN.i.179, DN.i.184. The prefix abhi qualifies, not saññā, but the whole compound, which means ʻtranceʼ. It is an expression used, not by Buddhists, but by certain wanderers See saññā-vedayita-nirodha.

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.