Āvijjhana (so for āviñchana & āviñjana) (adj. -- n.) [fr. āvijj- hati, lit. piercing through, i. e. revolving axis] -- 1. (= āvijjhati 2) swinging round, hanging loose, spinning in āvijjhana -- rajju a loose, rope, esp. in mythology the swinging or whirling rope by which Sakka holds the world's wheel or axis, in the latter sense at DhA ii.143 (T. āviñch˚ (v. l. āvijj˚) = iii.97, 98 (where āviñjanaṭṭhāna for ˚rajju). Otherwise a rope used in connection with the opening & shutting of a door (pulling rope?) Vin ii.120, 148; J v.298, 299 (T. āviñj˚, v. l. āvicch˚ & āvij˚). -- 2. (cp. āvijjhati 3) going to, approach, contact with DhsA 312 (˚rasa, T. āviñj˚, v. l. āviñch˚; or is it "encompassing"? = āvijjhati 1 ?); Vism 444 (āviñjanarasa). -- 3. (cp. āvijjhati 5) pulling, drawing along Vin iii.121 (= ākaḍḍhanā nāma).