feminine
contempt
contempt; despite
Vambhanā (feminine) [abstract from vambheti] contempt, despite Vin IV 6; M I 402 (attukkaṃsana: para-vambhana), Nidd II §505; Vism 29; Vibh-a 484; Pañca-g 100. — Spelt vamhanā at Ja I 454 (vamhana-vacana) and at As 396 (khuṃsana°).
(fem, fem, abstr, act, from vambheti) despising; disparaging; holding in contempt contempt, despite Construction: √vambh + anā