The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vammeti
Vammeti [Denom. fr. vamma] to dress in armour, to armour J i.180; ii.94 (mangala -- hatthi'). -- pp.
vammita.
Vamha
Vamha [for vambha: see vambheti] bragging, boasting, despising J i.319 (˚vacana).
Vaya
Vaya1 (& vayo) (nt.) [Vedic vayas vitality, age; to be distinguished from another vayas meaning "fowl."
The latter is probably meant at Dhtp 232 (& Dhtm 332) with defn "gamane." The etym. of vayo (age) is
connected with Sk. v"ra= Lat. vir. man, hero, v"s strength; Gr. i)/s sinew, i)/fios strong; Sk. v".ayati to make
fast, also ve$ati; whereas vayas (fowl) corresponds with Sk. vayasa (bird) & vi1 to Gr. ai)eto/s eagle,
oi)wno/s bird of prey, Lat. avis bird] age, especially young age, prime, youth; meaning "old age" when
characterized as such or contrasted to youth (the ord. term for old age being jar!). Three "ages" or "periods
of life" are usually distinguished, viz. pa&hama˚ youth, majjhima˚ middle age, pacchima˚ old age, e. g. at J
i.79; Vism 619; DhA iii.133. -- vayo anuppatta one who has attained old age, old D i.48 (=pacchima --
vaya' anuppatta DA i.143); Sn pp. 50, 92. -- Cp. Dh 260; J i.138 (vayo -- har! kes!); Vism 619 (the 3
vayas with subdivisions into dasakas or decades of life); Mhvs 2, 26 (ek(nati'so vayas! 29 years of age);
PvA 5 (pa&hama -- vaye when quite young), 36 (id.; just grown up). In cpds. vaya˚. -- kaly!*a charm of
youth DhA i.387. -- ppatta come of age, fit to marry (at 16) VvA 120; PvA 3, 112; ThA 266.
Vaya
Vaya2 [Sk. vyaya, vi+i; occasionally as vyaya in P!li as well] 1. loss, want, expense (opp. !ya) A iv.282
(bhog!na'); Sn 739; PvA 130. -- avyayena safely D i.72. 2. decay (opp. upp!da) D ii.157=J i.392
(anicc! vata sankh!r! upp!da -- vaya -- dhammino); S iv.28; A i.152, 299. -- kara*a expense, expenditure J
iv.355; Vin ii.321 (Sam. P!s on C. V. vi.4, 6, explaining veyy!sika or veyy!yika of Vin ii.157).
Vaya'
Vaya' is the Sk. form of the nom. pl. of pers. pron. aha', represented in P!li by maya' (q. v.). The form
vaya' only in grammarians, mentioned also by Müller, P.Gr. p. 87 as occurring in Dh (?). The enclitic form
for acc. gen. & dat. is no, found e. g. at Pv i.53 (gloss for vo; C. amh!ka'); J ii.153, 352; DhA i.101; PvA
20, 73.
Vayassa
Vayassa [cp. Sk. vayasya] a friend J ii.31; iii.140; v.157.
Vayha
Vayha (nt.) & Vayh! (f.) [grd. formation fr. vah; cp. Sk. vahya (nt.)] a vehicle, portable bed, litter Vin
iv.339 (enumd under y!na together with ratha saka&a sandam!nik! sivik! & p!&ank"); J vi.500 (f.), with
sivik! & ratha.
Vara
Vara1 (adj.) [fr. v% to wish; Vedic vara] excellent, splendid, best, noble. As attribute it either precedes or
follows the noun which it characterizes, e. g. ˚pañña of supreme wisdom Sn 391, 1128 (=agga -- pañña Nd2