anupUrvavihArasamApatti
anupūrva-vihāra-samāpatti , f. (= Pali anupubba°; also anupūrva-(samādhi-)samāpatti , q.v. ), the attainments of (nine) successive stages : navānu° (see samāpatti ) Mvy 1498 ; ŚsP 58.8 . They consist of the four dhyāna, the four ārūpya stages, and (saṃjñā-vedayita-)nirodha- samā°. So also in Pali , e.g. AN iv.410.1 ff. (list of the nine anupubbavihāra) and 23 ff., list and detailed description of the nine samāpatti; both consist of four jhāna, four formless states, āruppa, and saññāvedayitanirodha (or their ‘attainments’).