Canonical and Paracanonical Evidence that Anicca means Impermanence

[RobertK]

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Aniccaṃ = Impermanent

Greetings in Dhamma! I am currently engaging with a member of the Waharaka movement in Sri Lanka, which have some quite unorthodox philological takes of certain Pāḷi words with which I do not agree. Among their peculiar interpretations is that aniccaṃ ultimately refers to “non-liking” or “not according to one’s wishes” (i.e., what would be proper Pāḷi: anicchaṃ). After a quick search, I found one instance in the canon that gives enough context to suggest that aniccaṃ means actually impermanenc…