[vaṃc-lyuṭ] 1 Cheating.

2 A trick, deceit, fraud, deception, trickery; vaṃcanā parihartavyā vahudoṣā hi śarvarī Mk. 1. 5; svargābhisadhisukṛtaṃ vaṃcanāmiva menire Ku. 6. 47.

3 An illusion, delusion.

4 Loss, depri- vation, hinderance; dṛṣṭipātavaṃcanā Māl. 3; R. 11. 36.