Vimokkha
Vimokkha,(& Vimokha) [fr.vi+muc,cp.mokkha1] deliverance,release,emancipation,dissociation from the things of the world,Arahantship D.II,70,111); III,34,35,230,288; M.I,196 (samaya° & asamaya°); S.I,159 (cetaso v.); II,53,123; III,121; IV,33; A.II,87; IV,316; V,11; Vin.V,164 (cittassa); Sn.1071 (which Nd2 588 expls as “agga” etc.thus strangely taking it in meaning of mokkha2,perhaps as edifying etym.); Nd2 466 (in expln of Bhagavā); Ps.I,22; II,35 (as 68!),243; Pug.11 sq.; Vbh.342; Dhs.248; Nett 90,100,119,126; Vism.13,668 sq.; Miln.159; PvA.98; Sdhp.34,264.‹-› The three vimokkhas are:suññato v. animitto v. appaṇihito v.Ps.II,35; Vism.658.The eight vimokkhas or stages of emancipation,are:the condition of rūpī, arūpa-saññī,recognition of subha,realization of ākāsânañc’āyatana,of viññāṇ’ânañc’āyatana, ākiñcaññ’āyatana, neva-saññā-n’âsaññ’āyatana, saññāvedayita-nirodha D.III,262 (cp.Dial.III,242),A.I,40; IV,306; Vbh.342; expld in detail at Ps.II,38--40.[cp.BSk.aṣṭau vimokṣāḥ,e.g.AvŚ II.69,153.] -- In sequence jhāna vimokkha samādhi samāpatti (magga phala) at Vin.I,97,104; III,91; IV,25; A.III,417,419; V,34,38; Vbh.342.-- See also jhāna.(Page 632)