asTAna
asthāna , nt. (= Pali aṭṭhāna), opp. sthāna (4, 5), q.v. , ( 1 ) an impossibility , generally followed by a clause introduced by yat: LV 232.17 asthānam etad … yat kumāro aprāpya bodhiṃ punar iha āgameyā, it is impossible that the prince should return here without having attained enlightenment ; Av ii.4.6 ; often followed by the synonym anavakāśo (yat …), as in Pali aṭṭhānaṃ (etaṃ) anavakāso: Gv 498.5 ; Divy 174.1 ; 207.9 ; 264.5 ; 270.13—14 ; Dbh 25.14 ; Laṅk 198.9 asthānam anavakāśaṃ coktaṃ; in cpd. sthānāsthāna, possibilities and impossibilities, sound and unsound propositions or conclusions , Bbh 4.8 ; Mv i.134.12 sarvakarmeṣu nānāsthānāsthānakuśalāḥ clever in regard to various sound and unsound conclusions (or, possibilities and impossibilities ) in dealing with all actions ; sthānāsthāna-jñāna ( Pali ṭhānaṭṭhāna-ñāṇa), knowledge of … , the first of the 10 bala of a Tathāgata, Mvy 120 ; Dharmas 76 ; LV 433.4 ; ( 2 ) impropriety (this is closer to Skt. usage, BR and pw ): in Mv i.101.7 read asthānato for mss. asthānanto ( Senart em. asthānatāye, unmetr. ) from (because of) non-place, non-propriety, impropriety , see s.v. asthānatā .