ārūpya (2910)

ārūpya
Entry 2910, Page 104, Col. 1

(ArUpya, ArUpya)
ārūpya¦, adj. and subst. nt. (= Pali āruppa, both), formless (state), formlessness; there are, as in Pali, four such, listed s.v. deva, end: °pyā ca samāpattir Laṅk 24.10; °pya-samāpatti LV 442.6; Bbh 90.11 (four); Dhar- mas 82 (four); Karmav 47.21 ff. (four, listed); Gv 471.20 ye te catur-ārūpya-samāpatti-vihāra-vihāriṇaś ca na cārūpya-dhātu-gatiṃ gacchanti, mahākaruṇāparigṛhīta- tvāt; °pyāś ca samādhayaḥ Laṅk 65.15; ārūpya as adj. with or sc. deva (= ārūpyāvacara, arūpāv°, qq.v.) Mmk 103.28; 473.24; 474.1 etc.; ārupye nāvatiṣṭhati Laṅk 355.8; in comp. with dhātu (perhaps as adj., as with samāpatti above, but parallel cpds. with kāma-, rūpa- suggest subst.), parallel or cpd. with kāma-dh°, rūpa-dh°, LV 428.20; Mvy 2149 (here the stem dhātu is omitted); KP 94.5; alone, KP 27.9. In Mv ii.123.18 ārūpyāṇi is an error for sārūpyāṇi, see sārūpya.