-nā (f.) looking at, consideration regard, attention, reflection, contemplation, reviewing (cp.; Cpd. 58) MN.i.415; DN.iii.278; AN.iii.27; Pp.21 (a˚) Dhs.390 (a˚ = dhammānaṃ sabhāvaṃ pati na apekkhati Dhs-a.254, trsl. “inability to consider”); Mil.388 Ne.85; Vb-a.140; Vism.43 (twofold); Sdhp.413.

paṭi + avekkhana, cp. late Sk. pratyaveksana & ˚nā