an Abhidhamma term signifying a ”state of consciousness arisen spontaneously”, i. e. without previous deliberation, preparation, or prompting by others; hence: ”unprepared, unprompted”. This term and its counterpart (sasankha^rikacitta, q.v.), probably go back to a similar distinction made in the Suttas (A. IV, 171;"Path" 184). See Tab. I; examples in Vis.M. XIV, 84f.