The corpus record — Pali

adhivacanaṁ

Adhivacana

neuter designation, term, attrîbute, metaphor, metaphorical expression DN.ii.62 ; MN.i.113 MN.i.144 , MN.i.460 ; AN.ii.70 , AN.ii.124 ; AN.iii.310 ; AN.iv.89 , AN.iv.285 , AN.iv.340 ; Iti.15 Iti.114 ; Snp.p.218 ; Ja.i.117 ; Cnd.34 = Dhs.1306 (= nāma sankhā paññatti etc.); Vb.6 ; Pv-a.63 . See on ter

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Where it lives

Itivuttaka 14 · 12.11/10k
Sutta Nipata 1 · 0.5/10k
Digha Nikaya 2 · 0.14/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

neuter designation, term, attrîbute, metaphor, metaphorical expression DN.ii.62; MN.i.113 MN.i.144, MN.i.460; AN.ii.70, AN.ii.124; AN.iii.310; AN.iv.89, AN.iv.285, AN.iv.340; Iti.15 Iti.114; Snp.p.218; Ja.i.117; Cnd.34 = Dhs.1306 (= nāma sankhā paññatti etc.); Vb.6; Pv-a.63. See on term Dhs. trsl. 340.

-patha “process of synonymous nomenclature” (Mrs Rh. D.) DN.ii.68; SN.iii.71; Dhs.1306; Dhs-a.51.

adhi + vacana

In the wild

adhivacanaṁ Digha Nikaya 15 (dn15:32.11)
adhivacanaṁ Digha Nikaya 27 (dn27:9.6)
adhivacanaṁ Itivuttaka 106 (iti106:3.1)
adhivacanaṁ Itivuttaka 106 (iti106:3.2)
adhivacanaṁ Itivuttaka 106 (iti106:3.3)
adhivacanaṁ Itivuttaka 106 (iti106:3.4)

6 of 17 attestations shown.

Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.