The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

V!ti see v!yati (in meaning "weave," as well as "blow").
V!tika
V!tika (adj.) [fr. v!ta 2, cp. *Sk. v!takin Hal!yudha ii.451] connected with the winds (humours) of the
body, having bad circulation, suffering from internal trouble, rheumatic (?) Miln 135, 298.
V!tinga*a
V!tinga*a [cp. *Sk. v!tinga*a] the egg plant, Solanum melongena J v.131; DhsA 320.
V!da
V!da [fr. vad: see vadati; Vedic v!da (not in RV!), in meaning of "theory, disputation" only in Class. Sk. The relation of roots vac: vad is like E. speak: say; but v!da as t. t. has developed quite distinctly the
specified meaning of an emphatic or formulated speech= assertion or doctrine] 1. speaking, speech, talk,
nearly always -- ˚, e. g. iti˚ hearsay, general talk M. i.133; S v.73; A ii.26; kum!raka˚ child -- talk or
childish talk, i. e. in the manner of talking to a child S ii.218 sq.; cori˚ deceitful talk PvA 89 (so read with v.
l. for T. bheri˚); dhammika˚ righteous speech A v.230; mus!˚ telling lies, false speech A i.129; ii.141;
iv.401; PvA 15. See under mus!. -- adj. ( -- ˚) speaking up for, proclaiming, advertising D i.174 (s"la˚,
paññ!˚ etc.); Sn 913 (nivissa˚ dogmatist); A i.287 (kamma˚, kiriya˚, viriya˚). -- v!da' bhindati to refute a
speech, to make a view discrepant (cp. bhinna -- v!da under 4!) SnA 45 (M!rav!da' bh.). -- 2. what is said,
reputation, attribute, characteristic Sn 859 (but SnA 550=nind! -- vacana); J i.2 (j!ti˚ genealogy, cp. D
i.137). See also cpd. ˚patha. -- 3. discussion, disputation, argument, controversy, dispute Sn 390, 827 (also
as adj. h"na˚); DhA iii.390= Vin iv.1; Mhvs 4, 42 (sutv! ubhinna' v!da'). -- 4. doctrine, theory put forth,
creed, belief, school, sect SnA 539 sq.; in cpds.: !cariya˚ traditional teaching Miln 148; also "heterodoxy"
Mhbv 96, cp. Dpvs v.30; uccheda˚ annihilistic doctrine Nd1 282: see under uccheda; thera˚ the tradition of
the Theras, i. e. the orthodox doctrine or word of Gotama Buddha Mhvs 5, 2; 33, 97 sq.; Dpvs v.10, 14
(therav!do aggav!do ti vuccati), 51 (17 heretical sects, one orthodox, altogether 18 schools); dhuta˚ (adj.)
expounding punctiliousness Vism 81 (=aññe dhutangena ovadati anus!sati). See under dhuta; bhinna˚
heretical sect (lit. discrepant talk or view) Dpvs v.39, 51 (opp. abhinnaka v!da); sassata˚ an eternalist Ps
i.155. -- ânuv!da the trsln of this phrase (used as adj.) at S iii.6 (see K.S. iii.7) is "one who is of his way of
thinking." all kinds of sectarian doctrines or doctrinal theses D i.161; iii.115; S iii.6; iv.51, 340, 381; v.7; A
iii.4; Nett 52. -- k!ma desirous of disputation Sn 825. -- khitta upset in disputation, thrown out of his belief
Vin iv.1=DhA iii.390. -- patha "way of speech," i. e. signs of recognition, attribute, definition Sn 1076
(expld dogmatically at Nd2 563); A ii.9. -- sattha the science of disputation, true doctrine SnA 540. -- s"la
having the habit of, or used, to disputes Sn 381.
V!daka
V!daka (adj. n.) [fr. v!da] doctrinal, sectarian, heretical; vagga˚ (either vagga1 or vagga2) professing
somebody's party, sectarian, schismatic Vin iii.175 (anu -- vattaka+); v!daka -- sammuti doctrinal
(sectarian) statement A iv. 347.
V!dana
V!dana (nt.) [fr. v!deti] playing on a musical instrument, music VvA 276.
V!dika
V!dika1 (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. v!da] speaking, talking (of) Mhvs 5, 60 (p!ra˚ speaking of the farther shore, i. e.
wishing him across the sea).