adjective · appāṇaka 1 · appāṇaka 2
Appāṇaka (adjective) [a + pāṇa + ka] breathless, i.e.1. holding one's breath in a form of ecstatic meditation (jhāna) M I 243; Ja I 67 [cf. BHS āsphānaka Lal 314, 324; Mvu II 124; should the Pāli form be taken as °a + prāṇaka?].2. not holding anything breathing, i.e. inanimate, lifeless, not containing life Snp page 15 (of water).
name of a certain form of jhāna (prob, involving holding one’s breath)
【形】 1. 無息氣的。2. 不包含昆蟲的。
(adj, adj, from na pāṇa) (of water) with no living beings not containing insects [lit.] no breath Construction: na > a + pa + √an + a + ka na + pāṇa + ka
(adj, adj, from na pāṇa) breathless; suffocating; asphyxiating breathless [lit.] no breath Construction: na > a + pa + √an + a + ka na + pāṇa + ka