neuter
Abhibhāyatana (neuter) [abhibhū + āyatana] position of a master or lord, station of mastery The traditional account of these gives 8 stations or stages of mastery over the senses (see D.B. II 118; Expos. I 252), detailed identically at all the following passages, viz. D II 110; III 260 (and 287); M II 13; A I 40; IV 305, 348; V 61. Mentioned only at S IV 77 (6 stations); Paṭis I 5; Nidd II §466 (as an accomplishment of the Bhagavant); Dhs 247.
sphere of mastering; area of control (one of six or eight stages in overcoming reactions to objects of the senses)
(nt, nt, comp) dimension of mastery; field of mastery; base for transcending; master of the domain Construction: abhibhū + āyatana