ākāśānantyāyatana

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Tibetan: ནམ་མཁའ་མཐའ་ཡས་སྐྱེ་མཆེད་
Tibetan (Wylie): nam mkha’ mtha’ yas skye mched
Tibetan (phonetics): nam kha tha ye kye che
English term: Infinite Space
Alternative: Limitless Space
English definition: The first formless meditative absorption and its resultant formless realm of existence, so termed because in its preparatory phase infinite space is the object of meditation. Mind holds reality to be like space. The base is either a. taking rebirth in the first meditative absorption of the Formless Realms or b. a lower being possessing a physical support entering into the meditative absorptions of the first meditative absorption of the Formless Realm.
Spanish: Espacio Infinito