vidhāna

  1. arrangement, get up, performance, process Ja.iii.178 (attano vidhānena “in his robes of office”); Vism.66 sq.; Dhs-a.168 = Vism.122 (bhāvanā˚); Vb-a.69, Vb-a.71 (manasikāra˚) Thag-a.273 (id.).
  2. ceremony, rite Ja.vi.202 (yañña˚) Mil.3.
  3. assignment, disposition, provision Ja.ii.208 (vidhi-vidhāna-ññū; C. explained v. as “koṭṭhāso vā saṃvidahanaṃ vā”); Pv-a.30.
  4. succession (as much as “supplement”) Kp-a.216; Snp-a.23 (note 2)

■ Cp saṃvidahana & saṃvidhāna.

fr. vi + dhā; Vedic vidhāna