adjective (usually ˚-) not one, i.e. many, various; countlcss, numberless Iti.99 (saṃvaṭṭakappā countless aeons); Snp.688 (˚sākhā); Dhp.153 (˚jātisāra); Ja.iv.2 Ja.vi.366.

• -pariyāyena (instr.) in many ways Vin.i.16; Snp.p.15
• -rūpa various, manifold Snp.1049, Snp.1079, Snp.1082; Cnd.54 (= anekavidha).
• -vidha manifold Cnd.54; DN-a.i.103
• -vihita various, manifold DN.i.12, DN.i.13, DN.i.178; Iti.98; Pp.55; DN-a.i.103 (= anekavidha).

an + eka