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adhivacana

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Adhivacana (nt.) [adhi + vacana] designation, term, attrî- bute, metaphor, metaphorical expression D ii.62; M i.113, 144, 460; A ii.70, 124; iii.310; iv.89, 285, 340; It 15, 114; Sn p. 218; J i.117; Nd2 34 = Dhs 1306 (= nāma sankhā paññatti etc.); Vbh 6; PvA 63. See on term Dhs. trsl. 340.

-- patha "process of synonymous nomenclature" (Mrs. Rh. D.) D ii.68; S iii.71; Dhs 1306; DhsA 51.