lit. “divided part,” sub-part, share, bit portion, part Vin.i.28; Vin.iii.60 (T. reads paṭivisa); Ja.ii.286; Dhs-a.135; Dhp-a.i.189; Dhp-a.iii.304; Vv-a.61 (˚vīsa), Vv-a.64 (variant reading ˚vīsa), Vv-a.120 (id.).

paṭi-aṃsa with euphonic consonant v instead of y (paṭi-y-aṃsa) and assimilation of a to i (paṭiyiṃsa → paṭiviṃsa)