Vipañcita
Vipañcita，[fr．vi+pañc，cp．papañcita] only in phrase °ññū either：knowing diffuseness or detail，or：of unillusioned understanding，clear-minded，unprejudiced，combd with ugghaṭita-ññū at A．II，135=Pug．41 （trsld by B．C．Law as “learning by exposition”； PugA 223 expls as “vitthāritaṁ atthaṁ jānāti，” i．e．one who knows a matter expld in detail．The spelling at A．II，135 is vipacita°； at Pug．41 vipaccita° & at PugA vipaccita°，with v．l．vipañcita°）； Nett 7 sq．125； SnA 163 （where ugghaṭita-ññū is applied to those who understand by condensed instruction，saṅkhepa-desanāya，and vipañcita-ññū to those who need a detailed one，vitthāradesanā； thus “learning by diffuseness”）．-- At Nett 9 we have the var．terms vipañcanā， vipañcayati & vipañciyati （denom． ） used in the description of var．ways of parsing and grammatical analysis．Here vipañcanā （resting clearly on Sk．papañca expansion） means “expanding” （by letters & vowels） and stands midway between ugghaṭanā & vitthāraṇā “condensing & detailing．” The term vipañcayati （=vipañciyati） is used in the same way．-- Note．The term is not sufficiently cleared up．It occurs in BSk．as vipañcika （e．g．Divy 319，391，475，where it is appld to “brāhmaṇā naimittikā” & trsld by Cowell as “sooth-sayer”），and vipañcanaka （Divy 548?），with which cp．vipañcitājña at Lal．Vist．520．See remark on vejjañjanika．（Page 626）