Ākiñcanyāyatana

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ākiñcanyāyatana (P. ākiñcaññāyatana; T. ci yang med pa'i skye mched ཅི་ཡང་མེད་པའི་སྐྱི་མཆེད་; C. wu suoyou chu) is translated as "sphere of nothing whatsoever," "sphere of infinite nothingness," etc. It is identified as: