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kasiṇa-bhāvanā

, f., the development, cultivation of
the kasiṇas; ~aṁ āraddho, Sv 887,11 = Mp II 270,19
qu. Paṭis-a 693,17 (Ee °bhāvaṁ); mahāpuriso ...
brahmavihārabhāvanañ c' eva ~añ ca ācikkhati, Ja
IV 490,12; āruppasamādhi-abhiññānaṁ adhiṭṭhāna-
bhāvato ~ā ... sa catutthadhammapadena saṅgahi-
tā, Sv-pṭ III 311,4; ~āya ananurūpaṁ vihāraṁ pahā-
ya, Mp II 76,27.

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