adjective piercing, sharp, penetrating, discriminating; only in f. nibbedhikā (cp. āvedhikā), applied to paññā (wisdom) DN.iii.237, DN.iii.268; SN.v.197, SN.v.199; MN.i.356; AN.i.45; AN.ii.167 AN.iii.152; AN.iii.410 sq., AN.iii.416; AN.v.15; Pts.ii.201; Cnd.235, Cnd.3#2 (+ tikkha-paññā), Cnd.415, Cnd.689; Ja.ii.9, Ja.ii.297; Ja.iv.267.

nis + vedhaka, to vyadh