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viddhaŋsana

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viddhaŋsana (adj. -- nt.) [fr. viddhaŋseti; cp. BSk. vidhvaŋ- sana Divy 180] shattering, destruction (trs. & intrs.), undoing, making disappear; adj. destroying S iv.83; Miln 351 (kosajja˚); J i.322; v.267 (adj.); Vism 85 (vikkhepa+); VvA 58, 161 (adj.). -- Often in phrase (denoting complete destruction): anicc -- ucchādana -- parimaddana -- bhedana -- viddhaŋsana -- dhamma, e. g. D i.76; M i.500; A iv.386; J i.146 [cp. Divy 180: śatanapatana -- vikiraṇa -- vidhvaŋsana -- dharmatā; see also under vikiraṇa].