The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Va)abh!
Va)abh! [=va)av!?] is not clear; it occurs only in the expression (is it found in the Canon?) va)abh! --
mukha a submarine fire or a purgatory Abhp 889. The Epic Sk. form is va.av! -- mukha (Hal!yudha i.70;
iii.1).
Va)abh"
Va)abh" (f.) [cp. late (dial.) Sk. va.abh"] a roof; only in cpd. ˚ratha a large covered van (cp. yogga1) M
i.175 (sabba -- setena va)abh" -- rathena S!vatthiy! niyy!ti div! diva'); ii.208 (id.), but va)av!bhi --
rathena); J vi.266 (va)abhiyo=bha*.a -- saka&iyo C.). The expression reminds of va)av! -- ratha.
Va)av!
Va)av! (f.) [cp. Vedic va.av!] a mare, a common horse D i.5; Pug 58; Mhvs 10, 54; J i.180; vi.343; DhA
i.399; iv.4 (assatar! va)av!ya gadrabhena j!t!). -- ratha a carriage drawn by a mare D i.89, 105, 106. The
expression reminds of va)abh" -- ratha.
Va)"na
Va)"na at J vi.90 is not clear (in phrase ja&a' va)"na' pankagata'). The C. reads valina', paraphrased by
!kula'. Fausböll suggests malina'. Should we accept reading valina'? It would then be acc. sg. of valin (q.
v.).
-- 604 --
Vavaka&&ha
Vavaka&&ha [pp. of vavakassati] drawn away, alienated; withdrawn, secluded DhA ii.103 (˚k!ya).
Vavakassati
Vavakassati [v+ava+k%+, would correspond to Sk. vya- vak%+yate, Pass.] to be drawn away, to be distracted
or alienated (from); so is to be read at all passages, where it is either combd with avakassati or stands by
itself. The readings are: Vin ii.204 (apak!santi avapak!santi) =A v.74 (avakassanti vavakassanti); A iii.145
(bhikkhu n' âla' sanghamh! 'vapak!situ': read vavak!situ' or ˚kassitu'), 393 (vapakassat' eva Satth!r!,
vapakassati garu&&h!niyehi). See also apak!sati, avakassati, avapak!sati. -- pp. vavaka&&ha .
Vavakkhati
Vavakkhati see vatti.
Vavatthapeti & ˚&&h!peti
Vavatthapeti & ˚&&h!peti [Caus. of vi+ava+sth!] to determine, fix, settle, define, designate, point out J iv.17
(disa' ˚tthapetv! getting his bearings); Vbh 193 sq.; Vism 182; SnA 67; KhA 11, 42, 89; VvA 220. -- ppr.
Pass. vavatth!piyam!na DhA i.21, 35. -- pp. vavatthita & vavatth!pita.
Vavatth!na