a-nimitta
, mfn. [ts.], free from marks (attributesor characteristics), causeless, unconditioned, unlimited;
n. ~aṁ, 'the signless' (void of niccaṁ, sukhaṁ,
attā [cf. As 223,12-13], i. e. Nibbāna); — (a) 'sign-
less': Sn 342 (~aṁ ca bhāvehi; Pj) — Thī 20
(quoted Pj II 242,8* & As 223,10*; cf. Thī 105: ~añ
a-nimittaca vimokkho, Dhp 92 (Dhp-a; quoted Pj II 343,30)
= Th 92; suññato ~o vimokkho, Paṭis II 36,8; 59,3;
Mil 413,6*; Abhidh-s 44,1; Vism 658,9; suññataṁ
~aṁ appaṇihitaṁ, Abhidh-s 31,9; suññato ~o appa-
ṇihito ti tīṇi maggassa nāmāni, As 223,3; suññatassâ-
nimittassa lābhinī, Thī 46 (Thī-a); suññato samādhi
+ ~o, appaṇihito, DN III 219,21 (Sv) = SN IV
360,17 (Spk) = Vin III 93,1'; Mil 337,5; do.~ā samā-
patti, Vin III 93,3' (cf. IV 26,26' foll.); ~ā ceto-
vimutti, DN III 249,16; MN I 297,10 (Ps); AN III
292,1; ~o ceto-samādhi, SN IV 268,33; AN IV 78,27;
DN II 100,18; suññato phasso + ~o, appanihito,
MN I 302,22 ≠ SN IV 295,14; Nidd I 52,21 = 222,27
(Nidd-a); Dhs 506 (paṭhamam jhānaṁ . . . ~aṁ) =
524; 535; Paṭis I 60,16* (~aṁ sukhaṁ); 66,20 (~aṁ
pakkhandati); 91,27 (~o vihāro); — (b) unaccoun-
table: Sn 574 (~aṁ anaññātaṁ maccānaṁ idha
jīvitaṁ; = kiriyâkāranimitta-virahitaṁ, Pj; quoted
Ja IV 151,8 = Dhp-a I 355,1); abl. n. ~ato (adv.),
Vism 230,25; 236,13—237,6. — (c)causeless: AN I
82,19 (sa-nimittā uppajjanti pāpakā akusalā dhammā,
no ~ā); SN V 213,17 (~aṁ anidānaṁ asaṁkhāraṁ
appaccayaṁ, scil. dukkhindriyaṁ); — (d) without
(sexual) marks: f. ~ā + nimittamattā, alohitā, etc.,
lacking female characteristics, Vin III 129,24' (= ni-
mitta-rahitā, Sp) ≠ II 271,17; — (e) without boundary
marks: paṭhaviṁ sàgara-pariyantaṁ akhilaṁ ~aṁ,
DN III 146,20 = 177,12; — — — °-kata, mfn., of
which no decision has been made; Vin I 255,10 (~ena
atthataṁ hoti kaṭhinaṁ, cf. Vin Trsl. II 156,3); —
°-kata-disa, mfn., going in an occasional or chance
direction; f. ~ā (papaṭikā), Mil 181,4; — °-phala-
samāpatti, f., attainment of the fruit of the signless,
Mil 333,30 (suññata-phala-samāpatti +); — °-mag-
ga, m., the 'Signless Path', As 223,19 (cf. 290,5 foll);
— °-rata, mfn., delighting in 'the Signless', Ap 390,12
(suññatā-bahulo ~o) = Th-a (Ce) 506,33*; — °-vipas-
sanā, f., the insight to 'the Signless', As 223,7; —
°-vimutta, mfn., having attained the deliverance called
a°, Nett 190,8; — °-vimokkha, m., the deliverance
called a°, As 223,20 (cf. Dhp 92); — °-vihāri(n),
mfn., delighting in a°, AN IV 78,19 (~iṁ puggalaṁ);
Nett 25,15 (gen. ~issa); — °-ânupassanā, f., con-
templation of 'the Signless', Paṭis I 20,27; II 42,8
(°-ñāṇaṁ = 67,26); 44,8, etc.; Abhidh-s 45,15; Vism
629,8; 695,1.
