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