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(無表, 无表)

(sa) avijñapti. Unconscious, latent, not expressed, subjective, e.g. 'the taking of a religious vow impresses on a man's character a peculiar bent,' Keith. This is internal and not visible to others. It has a 'quasi-material' basis styled [lang id =1028]無表色 or [lang id =1028]無作色 which has power to resist evil. It is the Sarvāstivādin view, though certain other schools repudiated the material basis and defined it as mental. This invisible power may be both for good and evil, and may perhaps be compared to 'animal magnetism' or hypnotic powers. It means occult: power whether for higher spiritual ends or for base purposes.

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無表者， 謂不可顯示之色也。 如四禪天定中色， 眼中一分淨色， 皆不可見， 不可顯示； 又如意識緣想過去種種境界， 雖無表對， 想境實見， 故名無表色也。 （四禪天者， 即色界初禪、 二禪、 三禪、 四禪也。 一分淨色， 即眼識也。 ）