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    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 127, col. 1.
    ākiṃcanyāyatana n. ‘abode of absolute want of any existence’, ‘non-existence’, N. of a world with Buddhists, Lalit.
    ☞ p. 1319, col. 1.
    ākiṃca—°nyāyatana m. pl. N. of a class of gods, MWB. 213 (also °tanopaga, Dharmas. 129).

    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 90, col. 1.
    ākiṃcanyāyatana n. Nihilismus, Lalit. 295, 10; Mahāvy. 68. 70. 119.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    ☞ p. 87, col. 1.
    ākiṃcanyāyatana (= Pali ākiṃcaññāy°), nt., stage

    of nothingness; as 3d stage of the arūpāvacara gods,

    Mvy 3112; Dbh 34.14; as 3d of the ārūpya samāpatti,

    Mvy 1494; as condition of the 6th vimokṣa, Mvy 1516;

    as 7th of the sattvāvāsa, Mvy 2295; Ārāḍa Kālāma

    (Kālāpa) taught the goal of association with this stage,

    LV 238.16 = Mv ii.118.3 °tana- (Mv corrupt, Senart

    āśaṅkitavya, q.v.) -sahavratāyai dharmaṃ deśayati.