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kuhanaṁ

Kuhanā

feminine deceit, fraud, hypocrisy, usually in combination kuhana-lapana “deceit and talking-over” = deceitful talk DN.i.8 ; AN.iii.430 ; DN-a.i.92 ; Mil.383 ; Nd ii.on avajja ■ MN.i.465 = Iti.28 , Iti.29 ; SN.iv.118 ; AN.v.159 sq.; Vism.23 Vb.352 ; Sdhp.375 . menacing Snp-a.582 ■ Opp akuhaka Snp.852

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Distribution

Itivuttaka 1 · 0.86/10k
Sutta Nipata 1 · 0.5/10k

Senses

feminine

deceit, fraud, hypocrisy, usually in combination kuhana-lapana “deceit and talking-over” = deceitful talk DN.i.8; AN.iii.430; DN-a.i.92; Mil.383; Nd ii.on avajja
■ MN.i.465 = Iti.28, Iti.29; SN.iv.118; AN.v.159 sq.; Vism.23 Vb.352; Sdhp.375.
menacing Snp-a.582
■ Opp akuhaka Snp.852
■ Var. commentator’s derivations are kuhāyanā (fr. kuhanā) and kuhitattaṃ (fr. kuheti) to be found at Vism.26.

-vatthūni (pl.) cases or opportunities of deceit, three of which are discussed at Nd ii.on nikkuha, mentioned also at Vism.24; DN-a.i.91 & Snp-a.107.

abstr. fr. adj. kuhana = kuhaka

Attestations

kuhanaṁ Sutta Nipata 2.9 (snp2.9:5.2)
kuhanā Itivuttaka 49 (iti49:9.3)

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