Samāpatti (f.) [fr. saŋ+ā+pad] attainment A iii.5; S ii.150 sq.; iv.293 (saññā -- vedayita -- nirodha˚); Dhs 30= 101; a stage of meditation A i.94; Dhs 1331; J i.343, 473; PvA 61 (mahā -- karuṇā˚); Nd1 100, 106, 139, 143; the Buddha acquired anekakoṭisata -- sahassā s. J i.77. The eight attainments comprise the four Jhānas, the realm of the infinity of space, realm of the infinity of consciousness, realm of nothingness, realm of neither consciousness nor unconsciousness Ps i.8, 20 sq.; Nd1 108, 328; Bu 192=J i.28, 54; necessary for becoming a Buddha J i.14; acquired by the Buddha J i.66; the nine attainments, the preceding and the trance of cessation of perception and sensation S ii.216, 222; described M i.159 sq. etc.; otherwise called anupubbavihārā D ii.156; A iv.410, 448 & passim [cp. Divy 95 etc.]. -- In collocation with jhāna, vimokkha, and samādhi Vin i.97; A iii.417 sq.; cp. Cpd. 59, 133 n. 3. -- ˚bhāvanā realizing the attainments J i.67; ˚kusalatā success in attainment D iii.212; Dhs 1331 sq.