The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vavatth!na (nt.) [fr. vi+ava+sth!; cp. late Sk. vya- vasth!na which occurs in Ep. Sk. in meaning "stay"]
determination, resolution, arrangement, fixing, analysis Ps i.53; Vin iv.289; Vism 111, 236 (=nimitta), 347
(defn); Miln 136; KhA 23.
Vavatth!pita
Vavatth!pita [pp. of vavatth!peti] arranged, settled, established Miln 345 (su˚).
Vavatthita
Vavatthita [pp. of vi+ava+sth!, cp. vavatthapeti & late Sk. vyavasthita "determination"] 1. entered on,
arranged, fixed, determined, settled M iii.25; DhsA 36. -- 2. separated (opp. sambhinna) Vin ii.67 sq.
Vavattheti
Vavattheti [unusual pres. (Med. -- Pass.) formation fr. vi+ ava+sth!, formed perhaps after vavatthita] to be
determined or analysed Ps i.53, 76, 84.
Vavassagga
Vavassagga [vi+ava+srj; Sk. vyavasarga] "letting go," i. e. starting on something, endeavouring, resolution
A i.36; J vi.188 (hand! ti vavassagg' atthe nip!to); DA i.237 (here handa is expld as vavas!y' atthe nipato).
Kern, Toev. s. v. wrongly "consent."
Vasa
Vasa (m. & nt.) [cp. Vedic va$a; va$ to be eager, to desire] power, authority, control, influence S i.43, 240
(kodho vo vasam !y!tu: shall be in your power; vasa=!*!pavattana K.S. i.320); M i.214 (bhikkhu citta'
vasa' vatteti, no ca cittassa vasena vattati: he brings the heart under his control, but is not under the
influence of the heart); Sn 297, 315, 578, 586, 968; Sdhp 264. -- The instr. vasena is used as an adv. in
meaning "on account of, because" e. g. mahaggha -- vasena mahâraha "costly on account of its great worth"
PvA 77; cp. J i.94; PvA 36 (putta˚); Mhvs 33, 92 (pa&isanth!ra˚). -- Freq. in phrase vase (loc.) vattati to be
in somebody's power J v.316 (te vase vattati), cp. M i.214 (cittassa vasena vattati) & 231 (vatteti te tasmi'
vaso have you power over that?); trs. vase vatteti to get under control, to get into one's power J iv.415
(attano vase vattetv!); v.316 (r!j!no attano v. v.); DhA ii.14 (r!j!na' attano v. v.), cp. M i.214 (vasan
vatteti) & PvA 89 (vasa' vattento). -- Note. The compn form in connection with k% and bh( is vas"˚ (q. v.).
-- ânuga being in somebody's power, dependent, subjected, obedient Sn 332, 1095; J iii.224 (=vasavattin
C.); Th 2, 375 (=kink!ra -- pa&iss!vin ThA 252); Sdhp 249. -- ânuvattin id.; f. ˚in" obedient, obliging (to
one's husband) Vv 313. -- uttama highest authority, greatest ideal Sn 274. -- gata being in someone's power
J v.453 (nar"na'); cp. vas" -- kata. -- vattaka wielding power Sdhp 483 (˚ika); a˚ having no free will PvA
64. -- vattana wielding power, (having) authority Miln 356. -- vattin -- 1. (act., i. e. vatteti) having highest
power, domineering, autocrat, (all -- )mighty; fig. having self-mastery, controlling one's senses D i.247;
ii.261; A ii.24; It 122; Th 2. 37; Pv ii.333; Miln 253; DA i.111, 114, 121; SnA 133 (˚bhavana). -- 2. (pass.;
i. e. vattati) being in one's power, dependent, subject J iii.224; v.316; ThA 226 (read vattino for ˚vattito!).
Vasati
Vasati1 [vas1; to Idg. *9es, cp. Gr. e)/nnumi to clothe, Sk. vasman cover, Goth. wasjan clothe, wasti dress;
Lat. vestis=E. vest etc.; Dhtp 628 (& Dhtm 870): acch!dane] to clothe. pp. vuttha1. Caus. v!seti: see ni˚.
See also v!sana1 & v!sana1.
Vasati