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kāraṇa-cintana,

n., pondering about the cause; kena nu kho ti lābhapatthanāya †~e pihassa † pariyesane nipāto, Nidd-a I 342,19 (read ~e[na] pihāya (?) “the nipāta ‘kena nu kho’ means searching for the desired by pondering about the cause for desiring possessions” [?]); — °‑paññā, f., the intelligence (consisting in) reflecting about the cause; taṁ­khaṇen’ eva ṭhānuppattikāya ~āya (so Be; Ee -vin­dana-) yutto, Ja VI 304,16’ (on vicakkhaṇo, 12*).