'fading away', detachment; absence of lust, dispassionateness. Appears
frequently together with nirodha, 'cessation'
- (1) as a name for Nibbāna,
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(2) in the contemplations
- (a) forming the 4th tetrad in the exercises in mindfulness of breathing (s.
ānāpānasati 14),
- (b) of the 18 principal insights (No. 5); s. vipassanā.
According to Com., it may mean
- (1) the momentary destruction of phenomena, or
- (2) the ultimate 'fading away', i.e. Nibbāna.
In the aforementioned two contemplations, it means the understanding of both,
and the path attained by such understanding.