Vicikicchā (f.) [fr. vicikicchati] doubt, perplexity, uncer- tainty (one of the nīvaraṇas) D i.246; iii.49, 216, 234, 269; S i.99; iii.106 sq. (dhammesu v. doubt about the precepts); iv.350; A iii.292, 438; iv.68, 144 sq.; v.144; Sn 343, 437, 540; Vv 81 (=soḷasa -- vatthuka -- vicikicchā VvA 317); J ii.266; Pug 59; Vbh 168, 341, 364; Dhs 425; Nett 11; Tikp 108, 122, 152 sq., 171, 255, 275; Dukp 170 sq., 265 sq., 289 sq.; Vism 471 (=vigatā cikicchā ti v. etc.), 599 sq.; VbhA 209; VvA 156; MA 116; Sdhp 459. -- As adj. ( -- ˚) vicikiccha, e. g.tiṇṇa˚ one who has overcome all doubt D i.71, 110; M i.18; A ii.211; iii.92; 297 sq.; iv.186; 210. -- See also Cpd. 242; Dhs. trsl. § 425 n. 1; and cp. kathankathā, kicchati, vecikicchin.