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aṭṭhāna-kusalatā

, f., the having an eye for what
is impossible, understanding of impossibilities (as ex-
pressed SN V 304,13); Dhs 1338; DN III 212,21 (Sv,
where we find two explanations: (1) quoting Dhs
1338 = the faculty of determining what cannot be the
cause of what, and (2) quoting MN III 64,16 foll. = the
faculty of determining what is absolutely impossible).
Cf. ṭhānaṭṭhāna-kusalatā, As 395,14.

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