akṛtaka (47)

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akṛtaka
Entry 47, Page 2, Col. 2
(akftaka, akftaka)
akṛtaka¦, adj. (see kṛtaka; cf. Pali akata as ep. of nibbāna, and akṛtajña 1), not created, unfashioned, in tangible, immaterial, in Laṅk standardly as epithet of ākāśa, nirvāṇa, nirodha, Often mistranslated as if active by Suzuki, no doer, not working, or the like: Laṅk 60.6; 72.5; 77.1, etc. Also more generally: sarvaṃ…kṛtakam, or sarvam…akṛtakam Laṅk 176.11 and 13, all is created or all is uncreated, as doctrines of two materialistic schools; the question is raised Laṅk 187.9 whether the Tathāgata is uncreated (akṛtakaḥ) or created (kṛtakaḥ).

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