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Ākiñcaññaṁ

Ākiñcañña

neuter state of having nothing, absence of (any) possessions; nothingness (the latter as philosophical t. t.; cp. below ˚āyatana & see Dhs trsl.74 ) ■ Snp.976 , Snp.1070 , Snp.1115 (˚sambhava, cp. Cnd.116 ) Thig.341 (= akiñcanabhāva Thag-a.240 ; trsl. “cherish no wordly wishes whatsoëer”); Cnd.115 , …

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Sutta Nipata 4 · 1.98/10k

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neuter state of having nothing, absence of (any) possessions; nothingness (the latter as philosophical t. t.; cp. below ˚āyatana & see Dhs trsl.74)
■ Snp.976, Snp.1070, Snp.1115 (˚sambhava, cp. Cnd.116) Thig.341 (= akiñcanabhāva Thag-a.240; trsl. “cherish no wordly wishes whatsoëer”); Cnd.115, see ākāsa Mil.342.

-āyatana realm or sphere of nothingness (cp. ākāsa˚ DN.i.35, DN.i.184; DN.ii.156; DN.iii.224, DN.iii.253, DN.iii.262 sq.; MN.i.41, MN.i.165 MN.ii.254, MN.ii.263; MN.iii.28, MN.iii.44, SN.iv.217; AN.i.268; AN.iv.40, AN.iv.401; Pts.i.36; Ne.26, Ne.39; Vism.333. See also jhāna & vimokkha.

abstr. fr. akiñcana

Attestations

Ākiñcaññaṁ Sutta Nipata 5.1 (snp5.1:1.3)
Ākiñcaññaṁ Sutta Nipata 5.7 (snp5.7:2.1)
Ākiñcaññaṁ Sutta Nipata 5.7 (snp5.7:3.3)
Ākiñcaññaṁ Sutta Nipata 5.7 (snp5.7:4.3)

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