feminine
Appaṇā Appanā (feminine) [cf. Sanskrit arpaṇa, abstract from appeti = arpayati from of r̥, to fix, turn, direct one's mind; see appeti] application (of mind), ecstasy, fixing of thought on an object, conception (as psychological technical term) Ja II 61 (°patta); Miln 62 (of vitakka); Dhs 7, 21, 298; Vism 144 (°samādhi); As 55, 142 (defined by Buddhaghosa as "ekaggaṃ cittaṃ ārammaṇe appeti"), 214 (°jhāna). See on term Cpd. past participle 56 f., 68, 129, 215; BMPE xxviv, 9, note 2; 49, note 1; 74, notes 2, 322.
determining, fixing; especially the fixing of thought on an object, complete concentration
【陰】 入定。
(fem, fem) fixing of thought on an object, attainment of a trance