"manifoldness of form," "expansion of the universe." According to Mayrhofer, prapanca originally meant an 'endless exposition' ("weitlaufige Auseinandersetzung"), as well as "counting on five fingers."

The translation of papañca as conceptual proliferation was first made by Katukurunde Nyanananda Thera in his research monograph Concept and Reality (1971).

Buddhism

Prapanca

Andrew Olendzki explains that:

Aprapanca/nisprapanca

Aprapanca is

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