Yānikata
Yānikata，[yāna+kata，with i for a in compn with kṛ，perhaps also in analogy with bahulī-kata] made a habit of，indulged in，acquired，mastered （cp．expln Ps．I，172：“yattha yattha ākaṅkhati tattha tattha vasippatto hoti balappatto etc．”）．The expression is to be com‹-› pared with yatânuyāgin & yātrā，similarly to which it is used only in one stock phrase．It comes very near yātrā in meaning “that which keeps one going，” i．e．an acquired & thoroughly mastered habit，an “altera natura．” It is not quite to the point when Dial II．110 （following Childers?） translate as “to use as a vehicle．” -- Occurring with identical phraseology，viz．bahulīkata yāni-kata vatthu-kata anuṭṭhita paricita susamāraddha in application to the 4 iddhipādā at D．II，103； A．IV，309； S．V，260； Miln．140； to mettā at M．III，97； S．I，116； II，264； IV，200； V，259； A．V，342； J．II，61； Miln．198．Expld at Ps．I，172，cp．II．122，130．（Page 553）