anābhāsa, (1) (665)
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Entry 665, Page 22, Col. 2 -
(anABAsa, anABAsa)
anābhāsa, (1)¦ m., (lit. non-appearance,) disappearance, vanishing: Mvy 6654 = Tib. mi snaṅ ba, vanishing (Das); ihāśravo niravaśeṣam anābhāsam astaṃgacchatīti LV 349.1 (repeated in sequel); ucchinnamūlaṃ tālamastakavad anābhāsagatam āyatyām anutpādadharmi Samy. Āg. 1.1 ff., cf. Pali Vin. iii.2.18, where instead of this anabhāvaṃ gatā (or, var., anabhāva-katā, see CPD s.v.); Pali ana- bhāva, annihilation = our word; (2) adj. (Bhvr., an- plus ābhāsa, q.v.), having no range or scope (of action), i.e. substantially inactive, of the mind: °sa-citta Gv 279.10; also (3) as subst., neg. of ābhāsa in same sense: Śikṣ 129.3 anābhāsagatāḥ sattvā(ḥ), not coming into range.