vañcana n. (or ○nā, f

• fr. Caus.) cheating, deception, fraud MBh. Kāv. &c. (○naṃ or ○nāṃ √kṛ, to practise fraud, cheat, take in

• ○nāṃ-√labh or pra-√āp, to be deceived)

• illusion, delusion, hallucination MW

• (ā), f. lost labour or time Kālid. (cf. śīla-v○)