falling off, diminution (opp. ācaya gathering, heaping up), unmaking, esp. loss (of wordliness) decrease (of possibility of rebirth Vin.ii.2 = Vin.iii.21 = Vin.iv.213 cp. Ja.iii.342; SN.ii.95 (kāyassa ācayo pi apacayo pi); AN.iv.280 = Vin.ii.259 (opp. ācaya); Ja.iii.342 (sekho ˚ena na tappati); Vb.106, Vb.319, Vb.326, Vb.330.

• -gāmin going towards decrease, “making for the undoing of rebirth” (Dhs trsl. 82) AN.v.243, AN.v.277; Dhs.277 Dhs.339, Dhs.505, Dhs.1014; Vb.12, Vb.16 sq.; Ne.87 (cp. Kv.156).

fr. apa + ci