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Viparāmosa (Viparāmāsa) [vi+parāmāsa, the form ˚mosa probably a distortion of ˚māsa] highway robbery D i.5 (expld as twofold at DA i.80, viz. hima˚ & gumba˚, or hidden by the snow & a thicket; the pop. etym. given here is "janaŋ musanti," i. e. they steal, or beguile people); iii.176 (v. l. ˚māsa); A ii.209; v.206; S v.473; Pug 58.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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