The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

i. e. vagga1) =Vin ii.205. -- kamma (ecclesiastical) act of an incomplete chapter of bhikkhus Vin i.315 sq.
(opp. sam agga -- kamma). -- rata=˚!r!ma.
Vaggati
Vaggati [valg, to which belong Oicel. valka to roll; Ags. wealkan=E. walk] to jump Vv 649 (expld at VvA
278 as "kad!ci pade pada'" [better: pad!pada'?] nikkhipant! vagganena gamane [read: vagga -- gamanena]
gacchanti); J ii.335, 404; iv.81, 343; v.473.
Vaggatta
Vaggatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. vagga2] distraction, dissension, secession, sectarianism Vin i.316 (opp.
samaggatta).
Vaggana
Vaggana see vaggati (ref. of Vv 649).
Vaggiya
Vaggiya ( -- ˚) (adj.) [fr. vagga1] belonging to a group, forming a company, a party of ( -- ˚), e. g.
pañcavaggiy! ther! J i.57, 82; bhikkh( M i.70; ii.94; chabbaggiy! bhikkh( (the group of 6 bh.) Vin i.111
sq., 316 sq. & passim; sattarasa -- vaggiy! bhikkh( (group of 17) Vin iv.112.
Vaggu
Vaggu (adj.) [cp. Vedic valgu, fr. valg; freq. in combn with vadati "to speak lovely words"] lovely,
beautiful, pleasant, usually of sound (sara) D ii.20 (˚ssara); S i.180, 190; Sn 350, 668; Vv 53, 361, 364
(˚r(pa), 5018 (gir!), 636, 6410 (ghoso suvaggu), 6420, 672, 8417; Pv i.113; ii.121; iii.34; J ii.439; iii.21;
v.215; Sdhp 245. The foll. synonyms are frequently given in VvA & PvA as explns of vaggu: abhir(pa,
c!ru, madhura, rucira, savan"ya, siniddha, sundara, sobha*a. -- vada of lovely speech or enunciation Sn 955
(=madhura -- vada, pemaniya -- vada, hadayangama˚, karav"karuda -- mañju -- ssara Nd1 446).
Vagguli & ˚"
Vagguli & ˚" (m. & f.) [cp. Sk. valgul", of valg to flutter] a bat Vin ii.148; Miln 364, 404; Vism 663 (in
simile); DhA iii.223. -- rukkha a tree on which bats live Vism 74. -- vata "bat -- practice," a certain practice
of ascetics J i.493; iii.235; iv.299.
Vanka
Vanka (adj. -- n.) [cp. Vedic vanka & vakra bending; also Ved. vanku moving, fluttering, walking slant;
vañcati to waver, walk crooked. Cp. Lat. con -- vexus "convex," Ags. w0h "wrong," Goth. w!hs; Ohg.
wanga cheek, and others. -- The Dhtp 5 gives "ko&ilya" as meaning of vank. Another P!li form is vakka (q.
v.). The Prk. forms are both vakka & vanka: Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 74], I. (adj.). -- 1. crooked, bent, curved M
i.31 (+jimha); S iv.118 (read v -- da*.!); Vin ii.116 (sutt! vank! honti); J i.9 (of k!ja); iv.362 (˚da*.a),
PvA 51. With ref. to a kind of v"*! at VvA 281. -- 2. (fig.) crooked, deceitful, dishonest J iii.313 (of crows:
k!k!na' n!ma' C.); vi.524; Pv iv.134 (a˚); Sn 270 (probably to be read dhanka as SnA 303, =k!ka). -- 3.
doubtful, deceitful, deceptive, i. e. haunted Vv 843, cp. VvA 334. -- II. (m.) -- 1. a bend, nook, curve (of
ponds) J ii.189; vi.333 (sahassa˚). -- 2. a hook J v.269. -- 3. a fish-hook D ii.266; Th 1, 749; J vi.437. -- On
vanka in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 131. -- angula a crooked finger A iii.6. -- âtivankin having curves upon
curves (in its horns), with very crooked antlers J i.160 (said of a deer). -- gata running in bends or crooked