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‘Disappearance-disappearance’. Same as anityatā-anityatā. —►anulakṣaṇa.  +
(Those) abiding in their attainment without retrogressing, although they<br> may not progress unless effort is exerted.  +
Equal-immediate condition, one of the four pratyaya-s. It serves as the<br> support for, and gives way to, the arising of the immediately<br> succeeding dharma in the serial continuity.  +
‘Teaching’, ‘elaborative exposition ’;the last member of the dvādaśāṅga<br>-dharma- pravacana. In a specific sense, it is synonymous with Abhidharma.<br> In Saṃghabhadra's words, "upadeśa refers to the non-erroneous revealing,<br> answering of objections and ascertainment, of the preceding [eleven] members<br> [of the dvādaśāṅga-dharma-pravacana]"  +
Non-informative matter. This is a special type of rüpa which constitutes<br> an avijñapti-karma. It is non-resistant and invisible, and comes into<br> existence in dependence on the force of a cetanā,<br> a vijñapti karma and a set of mahābhūta-s. It is a special type<br> of upādāya-rūpa which is not comprised of paramāṇu-s.  +
‘The extremely fine,an atom. The MVS defines it thus: "A paramānu is the<br> smallest rūpa. It cannot be cut, broken, penetrated It is neither long nor short,<br> It has no smaller parts; it cannot be decomposed, ... . It is ... the<br> finest (sarva-süksma) of all rūpa-s:’Paramānu is divisible as dravya-paramānu<br> and samghāta-paramanu.  +