Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

n'eva-saññá-n'ásaññáyatana, 'the realm of neither-perception-nor- non-perception'; further,in asaññá-satta, 'unconscious beings'. In both cases reference is not to 'perception' alone,but also to all other constituents of consciousness. Cf. D. 9.3. saññá may also refer to the 'ideas', which are objects of meditation, e.g. in a group of 7ideas, of impermanence (anicca-s. ), etc. (A. VII, 46); of 10: impurity (asubha-s.), etc. (A. X,56), and another set of 10 in A. X. 60; or to wrong notions, as in nicca-, subha-s. (the notionof permanence, beauty), etc.saññá-vedayita-nirodha = nirodha-samápatti (q.v.).saññá-vipallása: 'perversion of perception' (s. vipallása).saññojana = samyojana (q.v.).santána = santati: 'continuity', may refer to the continuity of consciousness (citta-s.), of thegroups of existence (khandha-s.), of sub-consciousness (bhavanga-s.), of corporeality(rúpa-s.), to the uninterrupted continuity of the paticcasamuppáda (q.v.), etc. (App.).santírana-citta: 'investigating consciousness', is one of the stages in the cognitive series.For the 14 functions of consciousness. s. viññánakicca.santutthitá: 'contentedness'; s. ariya-vamsa.sapadánik'anga: s. dhutanga.sappatigha-rúpa: 'corporeality reacting to sense stimuli', refers to the 5 sense-organs(áyatana, q.v.). - Cf. Vibh. II (s. Guide II, Chap. II) and Vis.M. XIV; further s. patigha 2.sarana: s. ti-sarana.sásana (lit. 'message'): the Dispensation of the Buddha, the Buddhist religion; teaching,doctrine.Navanga-Buddha (or satthu)-sásana, the ninefold Dispensation of the Buddha (or the Master)consists of suttas (sutta), mixed prose (geyya), exegesis (veyyákarana), verses (gáthá),solemn utterances (udána), sayings of the Blessed One (itivuttaka), birth stories (játaka),extraordinary things (abbhutadhamma), and analysis (vedalla). This classification is oftenfound in the suttas (e.g. M. 22). According to the commentaries, also the Vinaya and theAbhidhamma Pitaka are comprised in that ninefold division (see Atthasálini Tr., I, 33). It is aclassification according to literary styles, and not according to given texts or books.sasankhára-parinibbáyí: 'one who reaches Nibbána with exertion', is a name of one of the 5kinds of Non-returners (anágámí, q.v.).sasankhárika-citta (in Dhs.: sasankhárena ): a prepared, or prompted. state ofconsciousness, arisen after prior deliberation (e.g. weighing of motives) or induced by others(command, advice, persuasion) - See Tab. I; exemplified in Vis.M. XIV, 84f. - Opposite:asankhárika-citta, q.v.