Nyanatiloka Buddhist Dictionary

Stream-winning (A.1) is called a faith-devotee (saddhánusárí); (2) at the seven higher stages (A.2-8) he is called a faith-liberated one (saddhá-vimutta). (3) He who is filled with tranquillity and,in considering the formations as miserable (dukkha), gains the faculty of concentration, he inevery respect is considered as a body-witness (káya-sakkhí). (4) He, however, who after reachingthe absorptions of the immaterial sphere has attained the highest fruition (of Holiness), he is aboth-ways-liberated one (ubhato-bhága-vimutta). (5) He who is filled with wisdom and, inconsidering the formations as not-self (anattá), gains the faculty of wisdom, he is at the momentof Stream-winning a Dhamma-devotee (dhammánusárí), (6) at the later stages (A. 2-7) avision-attainer (ditthippatta), (7) at the highest stage (A. 8) a wisdom-liberated one(paññávimutta)." - Further details about the body-witness, the both-ways-liberated one and thewisdom-liberated one, s. under the three Páli terms. Cf. also M. 70; A. IX, 44; S. XII, 70; Pts.M.II, p. 33, PTS.ariya-sacca: The Four 'Noble Truths'; s. sacca.ariya-vamsa: The four 'noble usage's', are: contentedness (of the monk) with any robe, contentedness withany alms-food, contentedness with any dwelling, and delight in meditation and detachment. In theAriya-vamsa Sutta, (A. IV , 28) and similarly in D. 33, it is said :"Now the monk is contented with any robe, with any alms-food, with any dwelling, finds pleasure andenjoyment in mental training and detachment . But neither is he haughty on that account, nor does he lookdown upon others. Now, of a monk who herein is fit and indefatigable, who remains clearly conscious andmindful, of such a monk it is said that he is firmly established in the ancient, noble usage's known as the mostlofty ones."Full tr. of Ariya-vamsa Sutta in WHEEL 83/84.ariya-vihára: s. vihára.arúpa-bhava: s. bhava, loka.arúpa-jjhána: - s. jhána.arúpa-kkhandha: The four 'immaterial groups' of existence are: feeling, perception, mental formations,consciousness; s. khandha.arúpávacara: s. avacara.áruppa: s. jhána.asankhára-parinibbáyí: The 'one reaching Nibbána without exertion', is one of the five classes ofNon-Returners (Anágámí, q.v.)asankhárika-citta: an Abhidhamma term signifying a 'state of consciousness arisen spontaneously', i. e.without previous deliberation, preparation, or prompting by others; hence: 'unprepared, unprompted'. Thisterm and its counterpart (sasankhárikacitta, q.v.), probably go back to a similar distinction made in the Suttas(A. IV, 171; "Path" 184). See Tab. I; examples in Vis.M. XIV, 84f.asankhata: The 'Unformed, Unoriginated, Unconditioned' is a name for Nibbána, the beyond of allbecoming and conditionality.asañña-satta: The 'unconscious beings', are a class of heavenly beings in the fine-material world; s. deva (II)."There are, o monks, heavenly beings known as the unconscious ones. As soon, however, as in those beingsconsciousness arises, those beings will vanish from that world. Now, o monks, it may happen that one ofthose beings after vanishing from that world, may reappear in this world...." (D. 24). Further details, s. Kath.,Yam. (Guide, pp. 68, 79, 96 ff.).