Viddhaṃsana (adjective-nuter) [from viddhaṃseti; cf. BHS vidhvaṃsana Divy 180] shattering, destruction (transitive and intransitive), undoing, making disappear; adjective destroying S IV 83; Miln 351 (kāsajja°); Ja I 322; V 267 (adjective); Vism 85 (vikkhepa + v.); Vv-a 58, 161 (adjective). — Often in phrase (denoting complete destruction): anicc-ucchādana-parimaddana-bhedana-viddhaṃsana-dhamma, e.g. D I 76; M I 500; A IV 386; Ja I 146 [cf. Divy 180: śatana-patana-vikiraṇa-vidhvaṃsana-dharmatā; see also under vikiraṇa]. {557}
(nt, nt, act, from viddhaṃsati) destruction; falling apart demolition destruction Construction: vi + √dhaṃs + ana