Viparāmosa and Viparāmāsa [vi + parāmāsa, the form °mosa probably a distortion of °māsa] highway robbery D I 5 (explained as twofold at Sv I 80, viz. hima° and gumba°, or hidden by the snow and a thicket; the popular etymology given here is "janaṃ musanti," i.e. they steal, or beguile people); III 176 (v.l. °māsa); A II 209; V 206; S V 473; Pp 58.
(masc, masc) highway robbery; ambush Construction: vi + parā + √mus > mos + *a