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anoka

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Anoka (nt.) [an + oka] houselessness, a houseless state, fig freedom from worldliness or attachment to life, singleness S v.24 = A v.232 = Dh 87 (okā anokaŋ āgamma). <-> adj. homeless, free from attachment S i.176; Dh 87 (= anālaya DhA ii.162); Sn 966 (adj.; expld at Nd1 487 by abhisankhāra -- sahagatassa viññāṇassa okāsaŋ na karoti, & at SnA 573 by abhisankhāra -- viññānɔ ādīnaŋ anokāsabhūta).

sārin living in a houseless state, fig. being free from worldly attachment S iii.10 = Nd1 197; Sn 628 (= anālaya -- cārin SnA 468); Ud 32; Dh 404 (v. l. anokka˚); DhA iv.174 (= anālaya -- cārin); Miln 386.

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