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animitto

animitta

masc nom sg of animitta (pp)

  1. signless; featureless; free of mental images; lit. not measured down
  2. without any sign of trouble; without cause for distress; not marked by danger; lit. not measured down
  3. lacking genitals; without sexual organs; lit. not measured down

Etymology. na > a + ni + √mā > mi + ta; from √mā 'measure'; Sanskrit animitta [nimā]

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

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