molestation, vexation, trouble Ja.iii.368 (= ghaṭṭana dūsana kuppana C.). Frequent in allegorical exegesis of rūpa, e.g. at Dhs-a.52 (naman aṭṭhena nāmaṃ ruppan’ aṭṭhena rūpaṃ), Dhs-a.303 (rūp’ ādīhi ruppana-bhāva-dīpana); Vb-a.4 (ruppan’ aṭṭhena rūpaṃ in explⁿ of passage SN.iii.86 (mentioned under ruppati); Kp-a.78, Kp-a.79 (ruppan’ aṭṭhena… rūpaṃ rūpaṃ ti vuccati).

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