Ruppana (nt.) [fr. rup) molestation, vexation, trouble J iii.368 (=ghaṭṭana dūsana kuppana C.). Frequent in allegorical exegesis of rūpa, e. g. at DhsA 52 (naman' aṭṭhena nāmaŋ ruppan' aṭṭhena rūpaŋ), 303 (rūp' ādīhi ruppana -- bhāva -- dīpana); VbhA 4 (ruppan' aṭṭhena rūpaŋ in expln of passage S iii.86 (mentioned under ruppati); KhA 78, 79 (ruppan' aṭṭhena . . . rūpaŋ rūpaŋ ti vuccati).