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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 122, col. 1.
    apratisaṃkhya a. Unobserved, unnoticed; °khya (khyā) nirodhaḥ unobserved nullity, annihilation of an object; one of the three topics included by the Buddhas under the category of nirūpa, the other two being pratisaṃkhyānirodha wilful destruction, as of a jar by a mallet, and ākāśa the ethereal element.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 161.
    apratisaṃkhya a. Unobserved, unnoticed; ˚ākhya(khyā)- nirodhaḥ unobserved nullity, annihilation of an object; one of the three topics included by the Buddhas under the category of nirūpa, the other two being pratisaṃkhyā- nirodha wilful destruction, as of a jar by a mallet, and ākāśa the ethereal element.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 317.
    apratisaṃkhya (3. a + pra°) adj. nicht wahrnehmbar: °nirodha die nicht wahrnehmbare Vernichtung, eines der drei Distinctionen in der Kategorie des Nichtrealen bei den Buddhisten, COLEBR. Misc. Ess. I, 397.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 261, col. 1.
    apratisaṃkhya tri0 na pratītā saṃkhyā yasya uttarapadalopaḥ .
    ayamekaḥ ayameka ityākārāpekṣābuddhyabhāvena 1 pratyeka-
    saṃkhyāgrahaṇābhāvādanupalabdhasaṃkhyāke vastuni . pratisaṃkhyā
    vuddhiviśeṣaḥ . abhāve na0 ta0 . 2 viśeṣabuddhyabhāve strī .