adjective noun [vi + cakkhaṇa, of cakṣ to see, attentive, watchful, sensible, skilful; (nt.) application attention, wit SN.i.214 = Snp.186 (appamatta + ; translation K.S. i.277 “discerning wit”); Snp.583; Ja.iv.58; Ja.vi.286; Mil.216; Vism.43; Snp-a.238; Sdhp.200, Sdhp.293.
The corpus record — Pali
vicakkhaṇā
Vicakkhaṇa
adjective noun [vi + cakkhaṇa, of cakṣ to see, attentive, watchful, sensible, skilful; (nt.) application attention, wit SN.i.214 = Snp.186 (appamatta + ; translation K.S. i.277 “discerning wit”); Snp.583 ; Ja.iv.58 ; Ja.vi.286 ; Mil.216 ; Vism.43 ; Snp-a.238 ; Sdhp.200 , Sdhp.293 .
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Where it lives
- Digha Nikaya 2 · 0.14/10k
What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary
In the wild
- vicakkhaṇā Digha Nikaya 20 (dn20:17.4)
- vicakkhaṇā Digha Nikaya 30 (dn30:2.9.10)
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