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anavakāsatañca

anavakāsatā

fem

1. impossibility; inconceivability; unlikelihood; lit. no chance state

Analysis. anavakāsataṃ + ca

Etymology. na > an + ava + √kās + a + tā; from √kās 'shine, be visible'; Sanskrit anavakāśa + [avakāś]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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