vidhāna (nt.) [fr. vi+dhā; Vedic vidhāna] 1. arrange- ment, get up, performance, process J iii.178 (attano vidhānena "in his robes of office"); Vism 66 sq.; DhsA 168=Vism 122 (bhāvanā˚); VbhA 69, 71 (manasikāra˚); ThA 273 (id.). -- 2. ceremony, rite J vi.202 (yañña˚); Miln 3. -- 3. assignment, disposition, provision J ii.208(vidhi -- vidhāna -- ññū; C. expld v. as "koṭṭhāso vā saŋvidahanaŋ vā"); PvA 30. -- 4. succession (as much as "supplement") KhA 216; SnA 23 (note 2). -- Cp. saŋvidahana & saŋvidhāna.