The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Th 2, 308; 2nd sg. vajj!si Th 2, 307; J iii.272; vi.19; and vajja Th 2, 323; 3rd sg. vajj! Sn 971 (cp. Nd1
498); J vi.526 (=vadeyya C.); 3rd pl. vajju' Sn 859 (=vadeyyu' katheyyu' etc. Nd2 555); J v.221. -- Caus.
v!deti to make sound, to play (a musical instrument) J i.293; ii.110, 254 (v!deyy!ma we might play); Ap
31 (aor. v!desu'); PvA 151 (v"*a' v!dento). -- Pass. vajjati (*v!diyati) to be played or sounded J i.13
(vajjanti bheriyo); Ap 31 (ppr. vajjam!na & aor. vajji'su). Another form of ppr. med. (or Pass.) is
vad!na (being called, so -- called) which is found in poetry only (contracted fr. vadam!na) at Vin i.36=J
i.83. -- pp. udita2 & v!dita (q. v.). -- Caus. II. v!d!peti to cause to be played Mhvs 25, 74 (t(riya').
Vadana
Vadana (nt.) [fr. vad] speech, utterance VvA 345 (+ka- thana).
Vad!na
Vad!na see vadati.
Vad!niya
Vad!niya [another form of vadaññu] see a˚.
Vad!pana
Vad!pana (nt.) [fr. v!d!peti, Caus. II. of vadati] making somebody speak or something sound DhsA 333
(we should better read v!d˚).
Vaddalik!
Vaddalik! (f.) [cp. late Sk. v!rdala & BSk. vardalik! MVastu iii.301; Divy 500] rainy weather Vin i.3; J
vi.52 (loc. vaddalike); DhA iii.339; VbhA 109.
Vaddha
Vaddha1 (adj. -- n.) [pp. of va..hati; see also va..ha, vu..ha & vuddha. The root given by Dhtp (166) for
v%dh is vadh in meaning "vuddhi"] 1. grown, old; an Elder; venerable, respectable; one who has authority.
At J i.219 three kinds of vaddha are distinguished: one by nature (j!ti˚), one by age (vayo˚), one by virtue
(gu*a˚); J v.140 (=paññ!ya vuddha C.). Usually combd with apac!yati to respect the aged, e. g. J i.219; and
in cpd. vaddh -- apac!yika respecting the elders or those in authority J iv.94; and ˚apac!yin id. Sn 325
(=vaddh!na' apaciti -- kara*a SnA 332); Dh 109; DhA ii.239 (=bu..hatare gu*avuddhe apac!yam!na).
Cp. je&&h' apac!yin. -- 2. glad, joyful; in cpd. ˚bh(ta gladdened, cheerful J v.6.
Vaddha
Vaddha2 (m. & nt.) [cp. Vedic vardhra in meaning "tape"] a (leather) strap, thong J ii.154 (vv. ll. baddha,
bandhana, bandha, va&&a). Occurs as a'sa˚ shoulder strap at Ap 310, where ed. prints baddha (=baddha2). --
maya consisting of a strap, made of leather J ii.153.
Vaddhaka
Vaddhaka [vaddha+ka] in cpd. a'sa˚ "shoulder strap" should be the uniform reading for a series of diff.
spellings (˚va&&aka, ˚baddhaka, ˚bandhaka) at Vin i.204; ii.114; iv.170. Cp. Geiger, Zeitschrift fur
Buddhismus iv.107.