Ākiñcañña (nt.) [abstr. fr. akiñcana] state of having nothing, absence of (any) possessions; nothingness (the latter as philosophical t. t.; cp. below ˚āyatana & see Dhs trsl. 74). -- Sn 976, 1070, 1115 (˚sambhava, cp. Nd2 116); Th 2, 341 (= akiñcanabhāva ThA 240; trsl. "cherish no wordly wishes whatsoëer"); Nd2 115, see ākāsa; Miln 342.

-- āyatana realm or sphere of nothingness (cp. ākāsa˚) D i.35, 184; ii.156; iii.224, 253, 262 sq.; M i.41, 165; ii.254, 263; iii.28, 44, S iv.217; A i.268; iv.40, 401; Ps i.36; Nett 26, 39; Vism 333. See also jhāna & vimokkha.