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nondwelling, nonabiding, not insisting on the reality of, not take one's stand, absence of a continuous existent, unsupported [RY]

non-dwelling/ remaining/ abiding, not insisting on the reality of, unsupported not take one's stand absence of a continuous existent, unsteady, changeable, unstable, unsettled [IW]

no fixation, unlocalized, not in a now, not present as something, abide nowhere, impossible to localize, to not be bound by [JV]

Skt. apratiṣṭhita. 1) non-abiding, non-dwelling; 2) non-localized, unconfined, unrestricted, unfixed; 3) not resting or relying on anything; 4) homeless, without fixed dwelling place. The most well known example of the usage of this word is in the term 'Non-abiding Nirvāṇa' (Skt. apratiṣṭhita-nirvāṇa, Tib. mi gnas pa'i mya ngan las 'das pa, mi gnas pa'i myang 'das). See also gnas med pa, gnas med, mi gnas pa and gnas pa med pa. [Erick Tsiknopoulos]