Dear yong Peng,
op 14-07-2005 13:38 schreef Ong Yong Peng op yongpeng.ong@...:

> Is 'nimitta' in both 'subhanimitta' and 'pa.tighanimitta' referring
> to sights (visual) or objects (visual, audio, etc.)?
>
> Nina, you have 'pa.tighanimitta' as "undesirable feature". I think
> you take 'feature' as a "visual feature". I think using 'undesirable'
> is too _light_. I don't think something undesirable causes illwill
> easily. I would suggest 'offensive'. What do you think?

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N: Offensive is mostly said about a person. PTS has repulsive feature, and
in a footnote: a note of the Commentary: anittha.m, undesirable. This can be
anything, it does not have to be visible.
It can have many degrees of undesirableness. I just followed the
Commentary.
Asubha, foul, usually refers to something like a corpse, something visible.
Dimitri's links did not open for me.

PED has for nimitta: sign, outward appearance, characteristic, attribute,
object of thought, ground, reason, condition.
Nina