Arūpa (adj.) [a + rūpa] without form or body, incorporeal, D i.195 sq.; iii.240; Sn 755; It 62; Sdhp 228, 463, 480. See details under rūpa.

-- âvacara the realm or world of Formlessness, Dhs 1281 -- 1285; Ps i.83 sq., 101. -- kāyika belonging to the group of formless beings Miln 317 (devā). -- ṭhāyin standing in or being founded on the Formless It 62. -- taṇhā "thirst" for the Formless D iii.216. -- dhātu the element or sphere of the Incoporeal (as one of the 3 dhātus rūpa˚, arūpa˚, nirodha˚; see dhātu) D iii.215, 275; It 45. -- bhava formless existence D iii.216. -- loka the world of the Formless, Sdhp 494. -- saññin not having the idea of form D ii.110; iii.260; Exp. i.252.