Virāga
Virāga,[vi+rāga] 1.absence of rāga,dispassionateness,indifference towards (Abl.or Loc.) disgust,absence of desire,destruction of passions; waning,fading away,cleansing,purifying; emancipation,Arahantship.‹-› D.III,130 sq.136 sq.222,243,251,290; S.I,136; III,19 sq.59 sq.163,189; IV,33 sq.47,226,365; V,226,255,361; A.I,100,299; II,26; III,35,85,325 sq.; IV,146 sq.423 sq.; V,112,359; Th.1,599; Sn.795; Ps.II,220 sq.; Nd1 100; Kvu 600=Dh.273=Nett 188 (virāgo seṭṭho dhammānaṁ); Dhs.163; Nett 16,29; Vism.290 (khaya° & accanta°) 293.-- Often nearly synonymous with nibbāna,in the description of which it occurs frequently in foll.formula:taṇhakkhaya virāga nirodha nibbāna,e.g.S.I,136; Vin.I,5; A.II,118; It.88; -- or combd with nibbidā virāga nirodha upasama . . . nibbāna,e.g.M.I,431; S.II,223; cp.nibbāna II.B1 & III,8.-- In other connection (more objectively as “destruction”):aniccatā saṅkhārānaṁ etc.vipariṇāma virāga nirodha,e.g.S.III,43; (as “ceasing,fading away”:) khaya(-dhamma liable to),vaya°, virāga°, nirodha° M.I,500; S.II,26.-- 2.colouring,diversity or display of colour,dye,hue (=rāga 1) J.I,89 (nānā°-samujjala blazing forth different colours); 395 (nānā° variously dyed); PvA.50 (nānā°-vaṇṇa-samujjala).(Page 634)