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    Schmidt Nachträge zum Sanskrit-Wörterbuch

    p. 32, col. 3.
    anābhāsa Adj. lichtlos, Kār. 48 zu Māṇḍ. Up.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 22, col. 2.
    anābhāsa, (1) m., (lit. non-appearance,) disappearance,

    vanishing: Mvy 6654 = Tib. mi snaṅ ba, vanishing (Das);

    ihāśravo niravaśeṣam anābhāsam astaṃgacchatīti LV 349.1

    (repeated in sequel); ucchinnamūlaṃ tālamastakavad

    anābhāsagatam āyatyām anutpādadharmi Samy. Āg.

    1.1 ff., cf. Pali Vin. iii.2.18, where instead of this anabhāvaṃ

    gatā (or, var., anabhāva-katā, see CPD s.v.); Pali ana-

    bhāva, annihilation = our word; (2) adj. (Bhvr., an- plus

    ābhāsa, q.v.), having no range or scope (of action), i.e.

    substantially inactive, of the mind: °sa-citta Gv 279.10;

    also (3) as subst., neg. of ābhāsa in same sense: Śikṣ 129.3

    anābhāsagatāḥ sattvā(ḥ), not coming into range.