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micchatta

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Micchatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. micchā] item of wrong, wrong- ness. There are 8 items of wrong, viz. the 8 wrong qualities as enumd under (an -- ) ariya -- magga (see micchā), forming the contrary to the sammatta or righteousness of the Ariyan Path. These 8 at D ii.353; iii.254; A ii.221; iv.237; Vbh 387; Vism 683. Besides these there is a set of 10, consisting of the above 8 plus micchā -- ñāṇa and ˚vimutti wrong knowledge & wrong emancipation: D iii.290; Vbh 391; Vism 683 (where ˚ñāṇa & ˚viratti for vimutti). -- See further D iii.217 (˚niyata); Pug 22; Dhs 1028 (cp. Dhs. trsl. §1028); Vbh 145; Tikp. 32 (˚niyata -- citta), 325 (˚tika), 354 (id.).