Vikiraṇa (nt. & adj.) [fr. vikirati] 1. scattering, dispersing; being scattered or dispersed D i.11 (cp. DA i.96). -- Vbh 358 (T. reads vikī˚; v. l. vikāraṇa & vikkir˚)=Pug 23 (which reads nikaraṇā; trsl. "guilefulness"). In this connection VbhA 493 interprets vikiraṇa (or ˚ā) as "denial, abnegation" (pretext?), by saying "nâhaŋ eva karomī ti pāpānaŋ vikkhipanato vikiraṇā." -- With ref. to Arahantship (the dissolution of the body) at DhA iii.109 in formula bhedana -- vikiraṇa -- viddhaŋsanadhamma i. e. "of the nature of total destruction." Cp. BSk. formula śatana -- patana -- vikiraṇa -- vidhvaŋsana ( -- dharmatā) AvŚ i.96 (where S. Speyer in Index considers vikaraṇa the correct form)=Divy 299 (reading cyavanapatana˚)=Lal. V. 242. See also S iii.190 (under vikirati). -- 2. (adj.) scattering, spending, squandering, f. ˚ī Sn. 112.