The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Va&a at Pug 45, 46 (tuccho pi hito p(ro pi va&o) read ti pihito p(ro viva&o. See viva&a.
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Va&a'sa
Va&a'sa [for ava&a'sa: see Geiger, P.Gr. § 661; cp. Sk. avata'sa with t; Prk. vaa'sa] a kind of head
ornament, perhaps ear -- ring or garland worn round the forehead Mhvs 11, 28 (C. expls as
"ka**apilandhana' va&a'sakan ti vutta' hoti"). Usually as va&a'saka Vin ii.10; iii.180; Th 1, 523; Vv 385
(expld as "ratanamay! ka**ik!" (pl.) at VvA 174); J vi.488; VvA 178, 189, 209. -- Note. The root va& given
as "ve&hana" at Dhtm 106 probably refers to va&a'sa.
Va&aka
Va&aka [cp. *Sk. va&aka, fr. va&a rope] a small ball or thickening, bulb, tuber; in mu)!la˚ the (edible) tuber
of the lotus J vi.563 (C. ka*.aka).
Va&!kara
Va&!kara [probably distorted by metathesis from Sk. va&!rak!. Fr. va&a rope. On etym. of the latter see
Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. volvo] a rope, cable J iii.478 (n!v! sa -- va&!kar!).
Va&uma
Va&uma (nt.) [cp. Vedic vartman, fr. v%t] a road, path D ii.8; S iv.52 (chinna˚); J iii.412; Vism 123 (sa˚ &
a˚). Cp. ubba&uma & pariva&uma.
Va&&a
Va&&a1 (adj. -- nt.) [pp. of v%t, Sk. v%tta in meaning of "round" as well as "happened, become" etc. The two
meanings have become differentiated in P!li: va&&a is not found in meaning of "happened." All three P!li
meanings are specialized, just as the pres. va&&ati is specialized in meaning "behoves"] 1. round, circular;
(nt.) circle PvA 185 (!yata+); KhA 50 (˚n!li). See cpd. ˚anguli. -- 2. (fig.) "rolling on," the "round" of
existences, cycle of transmigrations, sa's!ra, evolution (=involution) (as forward or ascending circle of
existences, without implying a teleological idea, in contrast to viva&&a "rolling back" or devolution, i. e. a
new (descending) cycle of existence in a new aeon with inverted [vi -- ] motion, so to speak) S iii.63; iv.53
(pariy!di**a˚), cp. M iii.118; Th 1, 417 (sabba˚: "all constant rolling on" trsln); SnA 351 (=up!d!na); DhsA
238. -- There are 3 va&&as, (te -- bh(maka va&&a, see also tiva&&a) embracing existence in the stages of
kamma -- va&&a, kilesa˚ and vip!ka˚, or circle of deed, sin & result (found only in Commentarial literature):
KhA 189; SnA 510 (tebh(maka˚); DhA i.289 (kilesa˚); iv.69 (tebh(maka˚). See also M!ra; and ˚dukkha,
˚viva&&a below. -- 3. "what has been proffered," expenditure, alms (as t. t.) J vi.333 (d!na˚ alms -- gift);
DhA ii.29 (p!ka˚ cooked food as alms); VvA 222 (id.); Mhvs 32, 61 (alms -- pension); 34, 64 (sal!ka --
va&&abhatta). -- Cp. vi˚. -- anguli a rounded (i. e. well -- formed) finger; adj. having round fingers Vv 6413
(=anupubbato v., i. e. regularly formed, VvA 280); J v.207, 215. -- angulika same as last J v.204. -- ânugata
accompanied by (or affected with) sa's!ra J i.91 (dhana). -- ûpaccheda destruction of the cycle of rebirths
A ii.34=It 88; A iii.35; Vism 293. -- kath! discussion about sa's!ra Vism 525; DA i.126; VbhA 133. -- k!ra
a worker in brass. The meaning of va&&a in this connection is not clear; the same va&&a occurs in ˚loha
("round" metal?). Kern, Toev. s. v. compares it with Sk. vardhra leather strap, taking va&&a as a corruption
of va..ha, but the connection brass>leather seems far -- fetched. It is only found at Miln 331. -- dukkha the
"ill" of transmigration (a Commentary expression) Vism 315; DhA iv.149; VvA 116. -- pa&igh!taka(')
(viva&&a') (a devolution) destroying evolution, i. e. salvation from sa's!ra SnA 106. -- bhaya fear of sa's!ra
VbhA 256. -- m(la the root of sa's!ra DhA iii.278. -- viva&&a (1) evolving and devolving; going round and
back again, i. e. all round (a formation after the manner of reduplicative cpds. like cu**a -- vicu**a in