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

    p. 1314, col. 3.
    a-praṇihita mfn. free from desire, Sukh. i
    p. 1314, col. 3.
    a-praṇihita (prob.) n. purposelessness, ib.

    Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

    p. 47, col. 1.
    a-praṇihita , adj. and subst. (= apraṇidhi, q.v.,

    and Pali appaṇihita, CPD aimless, not bent on anything;

    in Pali as in BHS parallel to suññatā, °ta, the latter being

    used as adj. in Pali!, and animitta (ān°); as epithet of

    samādhi [suññato…animitto…appaṇihito samādhi SN

    iv.360.17 = DN iii.219.22] and of vimokkha, nibbāna, also

    as substitute for the latter), (state that is) free from desire,

    longing, or purpose; often in cpds. it is hard to say whether

    it would be better to call it adj. or subst.; śūnyatānimitt-

    āpraṇihitam SP 101.1 (adj. or subst.?); 136.13 (subst.;

    with nirvāṇadvāraṃ as fourth member of cpd., but this

    is unique; there are four herbs in the preceding parable;

    in 137.1--2 the three alone are named as vimokṣa-mu-

    khāni); Śikṣ 6.15 -śūnyatānimittāpraṇihita-rutam =

    buddha-rutam (see LV 296.8, s.v. apraṇidhi); LV 374.4,

    read apraṇihita-samādhim with v.l. for text apratihata-:

    422.21 apraṇihita-cakram (Lefm. with all mss. aprani°),

    parallel to preceding śūnyatā-, animitta-c°; 428.9--10

    °ta-vihārī, parallel to śūnyatā-, ānimitta-v°; KP 94.5 and

    125.3, both parallel to śūnyatā, ānimitta; AsP 256.13

    (subst.) et passim.