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    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 30, col. 2.
    anupūrva-vihāra-samāpatti , f. (= Pali anupubba°;

    also anupūrva-(samādhi-)samāpatti, q.v.), the attain-

    ments of (nine) successive stages: navānu° (see samāpatti)

    Mvy 1498; ŚsP 58.8. They consist of the four dhyāna, the

    four ārūpya stages, and (saṃjñā-vedayita-)nirodha-

    samā°. So also in Pali, e.g. AN iv. 410.1 ff. (list of the nine

    anupubbavihāra) and 23 ff., list and detailed description

    of the nine samāpatti; both consist of four jhāna, four

    formless states, āruppa, and saññāvedayitanirodha (or

    their ‘attainments’).