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- noun Absence of
perception ; notperceiving something.
Etymologies
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non- + perception
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Examples
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"As many beings as there are in the universe of beings, comprehended under the term" beings "— egg-born, born from a womb, moisture-born, or miraculously born; with or without form; with perception, without perception, and with neither perception nor nonperception — as far as any conceivable form of beings is conceived: all these I must lead to Nirvana, into that Realm of Nirvana which leaves nothing behind"
Enlightenment East and West: An Introduction to Romanticism and Buddhism 2007
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