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The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

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V!ceti<br />

V!ceti [Caus. of vac] to make speak or recite, to teach: see vatti. -- pp. v!cita.<br />

V!ja<br />

V!ja [cp. Vedic v!ja strength; Idg. *9e&gcirc;, cp. v!jeti, vajra (P. vajira); Lat. vegeo to be alert<br />

["vegetation"], vigeo to be strong ["vigour"]; Av. va#ra; Oicel. wakr=Ags. wacor=Ger. wacker; E. wake,<br />

etc.] 1. strength, a strength -- giving drink, Soma SnA 322. 2. the feather of an arrow J iv.260; v.130.<br />

V!japeyya<br />

V!japeyya [cp. Vedic v!japeya; see Macdonell, Vedic Mythology pp. 131 sq., 155, quoting Weber,<br />

V!japeya; Banerjea, Public Administration etc. 92] the v!japeya sacrifice, a soma offering. Spelling often<br />

v!ca˚ (mostly as v. l.); see S i.76; A ii.42; iv.151; Sn 303; It 21; Miln 219; J iii.518. Cp. peyya2.<br />

V!jita<br />

V!jita (adj.) [pp. of v!jeti: see v!ja] feathered (of an arrow) M i.429.<br />

V!jin<br />

V!jin (adj. -- n.) [fr. v!ja] possessed of strength or swiftness; a horse, stallion D!vs i.31; v.35 (sita˚), 53<br />

(sasi -- pa*.ara˚); VvA 278.<br />

V!&a<br />

V!&a [cp. Class. Sk. v!&a; on etym. see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. vallus] enclosure, enclosed place Vin ii.154.<br />

See also yañña˚.<br />

V!&aka<br />

V!&aka ( -- ˚) [fr. v!&a] enclosure, circle, ring; in gala˚ the throat circle, i. e. the bottom of the throat Vism<br />

258; DhsA 316; DhA i.394; ca*.!la˚ circle of Ca*.!las J vi.156; br!hma*a˚ of Brahmins DhA iv.177.<br />

V!*ija<br />

V!*ija [fr. va*ij (va*ik): see va*ijj!; lit. son of a mer- chant; Vedic v!*ija] a merchant, trader Vin iii.6<br />

(assa˚); Sn 614, 651, 1014; J v.156 (so read for va˚); Pv i.106; D!vs i.58; KhA 224; SnA 251; PvA 47, 48,<br />

100, 191, 215, 271. On similes with v. see J.P.T.S. 1907, 134.<br />

V!*ijaka=v!*ij!<br />

V!*ijaka=v!*ij! S ii.215 (s(ci˚); J iii.540.<br />

V!*ijj!<br />

V!*ijj! (f.) [fr. v!*ija, cp. va*ijj!] trade, trading Vin iv.6 (as one of the exalted professions); PvA 111, 201,<br />

273, 277.<br />

V!ta

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