Much appreciate it if the pali scholars here can analyse these two words in bit more detail.Akiñcanaṃ anādānaṃ etaṃ dipaṃ anāparaṃ,
Nibbānamiti taṃ brūmi jarāmaccuparikkhayaṃ.
Having nothing,
clinging to no thing:
That is the island,
there is no other.
That's Unbinding, I tell you,
the total ending of aging & death.
Meaning of Akiñcanaṃ & Anādānaṃ ?
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Meaning of Akiñcanaṃ & Anādānaṃ ?
From Kappa sutta (Parayana vagga)
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Re: Meaning of Akiñcanaṃ & Anādānaṃ ?
Hi,
You may find helpful two articles from the Critical Pali Dictionary:
a-kiñcana, mfn. [ts.], having nothing; calling nothing his own, disinterested; Abh 739 (poor); Vin I 36,26*; Mil 220,7 (~o jīvikatthāya pāṇaṁ hanati); DN III 185,3* (adhano+); As 206,7 (nâssa kiñcanan ti ~aṁ); Ja VI 45,3 (sakiñcanass' eva bhayaṁ nâkiñcanassa); — Th 36; Dhp 88 (hitvā kāme ~o), 221, 396 = 421 (+ anādāna, Dhp-a, Pj); Sn 455 (= rāgādikiñcanānam abhāvena ~o Pj); Ja IV 372,8* (= rāgākiñcanâdīhi rahitaṁ, ib. 373,13'); Ja III 100,25* (~aṁ nippalibodhaṁ, ib. 101,3'); III 241,16' (~aṁ apalibodhaṁ); 381,12 (do.). — Used in describing nibbāṇa: Sn 1094 (Nidd. II, Nidd-a, Pj), hence Nett 55,28*. Cf. akiñcañña, sakiñcana.
— °bhāva, m., abstr., Ps (MN I 318,33).
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an-ādāna, mfn., not grasping, free from desire; vītataṇho ~o, Dhp 352 (= khandhâdisu niggahaṇo, Dhp-a); Sn 741 = It 9,1* (It-a) - 109,18* = AN II 10,13* = Ja IV 354,14* (Ct: an-ādānena [see *anādāna] ~o); Mil 342,14* (vītataṇhā~ā dhammanagare an-ādāna); Sn 1094 (Pj, Nidd-a); Sn 620 = Dhp 396 (= catūhi upādānehi ~aṁ, Dhp-a); Sn 630 = Dhp 406 (sâdānesu ~aṁ; Dhp-a) ≠ SN I 236,22* (pl. ~ā); gen. ~assa, Ja IV 372,2* (= niggahaṇassa, Ct.).
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You may find helpful two articles from the Critical Pali Dictionary:
a-kiñcana, mfn. [ts.], having nothing; calling nothing his own, disinterested; Abh 739 (poor); Vin I 36,26*; Mil 220,7 (~o jīvikatthāya pāṇaṁ hanati); DN III 185,3* (adhano+); As 206,7 (nâssa kiñcanan ti ~aṁ); Ja VI 45,3 (sakiñcanass' eva bhayaṁ nâkiñcanassa); — Th 36; Dhp 88 (hitvā kāme ~o), 221, 396 = 421 (+ anādāna, Dhp-a, Pj); Sn 455 (= rāgādikiñcanānam abhāvena ~o Pj); Ja IV 372,8* (= rāgākiñcanâdīhi rahitaṁ, ib. 373,13'); Ja III 100,25* (~aṁ nippalibodhaṁ, ib. 101,3'); III 241,16' (~aṁ apalibodhaṁ); 381,12 (do.). — Used in describing nibbāṇa: Sn 1094 (Nidd. II, Nidd-a, Pj), hence Nett 55,28*. Cf. akiñcañña, sakiñcana.
— °bhāva, m., abstr., Ps (MN I 318,33).
http://cpd.uni-koeln.de/search?article_id=177
an-ādāna, mfn., not grasping, free from desire; vītataṇho ~o, Dhp 352 (= khandhâdisu niggahaṇo, Dhp-a); Sn 741 = It 9,1* (It-a) - 109,18* = AN II 10,13* = Ja IV 354,14* (Ct: an-ādānena [see *anādāna] ~o); Mil 342,14* (vītataṇhā~ā dhammanagare an-ādāna); Sn 1094 (Pj, Nidd-a); Sn 620 = Dhp 396 (= catūhi upādānehi ~aṁ, Dhp-a); Sn 630 = Dhp 406 (sâdānesu ~aṁ; Dhp-a) ≠ SN I 236,22* (pl. ~ā); gen. ~assa, Ja IV 372,2* (= niggahaṇassa, Ct.).
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Re: Meaning of Akiñcanaṃ & Anādānaṃ ?
Thank you.
Wish you all success in all your endeavours. Goodbye!