vEpaYcika
vaipañcika , m. (see under prec. ), soothsayer ( prec. by naimittika ): Mvy 3794 = Tib. mtshan mkhan ; LV 186.15 (prose; best ms. vaipañcanika, v.l. with Calc. °camika); 228.9 (prose); Divy 474.26 °kā(ḥ) by em. , but corrupt mss. look more like °canikā(ḥ). Kern, IF. 31.196 , derives this group from a ‘misunderstood Pkt. *vepañjanika’ to Pali veyyañjaniya, Jāt. iv.233.24 , from vyañjana; improbably, in my opinion.