adjective noun shattering, destruction (trs. & intrs.) undoing, making disappear; adj. destroying SN.iv.83; Mil.351 (kosajja˚); Ja.i.322; Ja.v.267 (adj.); Vism.85 (vikkhepa +); Vv-a.58, Vv-a.161 (adj.)
■ Often in phrase (denoting complete destruction): anicc-ucchādana-parimaddana-bhedana-viddhaṃsana-dhamma, e.g. DN.i.76; MN.i.500; AN.iv.386; Ja.i.146 [cp. Divy.180: śatanapatana-vikiraṇa-vidhvaṃsana-dharmatā; see also under vikiraṇa].

fr. viddhaṃseti; cp. BSk. vidhvaṃsana Divy.180