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vikappana

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Vikappana (nt.) & ˚ā (f.) [fr. vikappeti] 1. assignment, apportioning Vin iv.60=123=283. At Vin iv.122 two ways of assigning a gift are distinguished: sammukhāvikappanā & parammukhā˚. All these passages refer to the cīvara. -- 2. alternative, indecision, indefiniteness (=vikappa), as t. t. g. applied to part.ca and , e. g. SnA 179 ("ca"); KhA 166 ("vā").

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