neuter · vikappana 1.1 · vikappana 2.1
indefiniteness; assignment; apportioning
Vikappana (neuter) and °ā (feminine) [from vikappeti] 1. assignment, apportioning Vin IV 60 = 123 = 283. At Vin IV 122 two ways of assigning a gift are distinguished: sammukhāvikappanā and parammukhā°. All these passages refer to the cīvara. 2. alternative, indecision, indefiniteness (= vikappa), as technical term in grammar applied to particles ca and vā, e.g. Pj II 179 ("ca"); Pj I 166 ("vā").
(nt, nt, act, in comps, from vikappeti) (vinaya) assigning ownership; transferring ownership; sharing ownership assignment, apportioning [lit.] causing to be suitable Construction: vi + kappe + ana
(nt, nt, act, in comps, from vikappeti) indefiniteness Construction: vi + √kapp + ana
(nt, nt, act, in comps, from vikappeti) suggestion