The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

V!ru*"
V!ru*" (f.) [cp. Sk. v!ru*", with only ref. in BR.: Hari- va'$a 8432] 1. spirituous liquor A iii.213; J i.251
(˚v!*ija spirit merchant), 268; vi.502. -- 2. an intoxicated woman; term for a female fortune -- teller J
vi.500 (V!ru*" 'va pavedhati; C. devat! -- bh(ta -- pavi&&h! yakkha -- d!s" viya gahit!, i. e. possessed), 587
(v!ru*" 'va pavedhent"; C. yakkh' !vi&&h! ikkha*ik! viya).
V!reti
V!reti [Caus. of vu*!ti, representing v%1 (to enclose, obstruct), as well as v%1 (to choose)] 1. to prevent,
obstruct, hinder Pv ii.77 (v!rayissa' I had the habit of obstructing;=niv!resi' PvA 102); VvA 68; Sdhp 364.
-- 2. to ask in marriage ThA 266; PvA 55. -- Caus. II. v!r!peti to induce somebody to choose a wife J iv.
289. -- Note. v!riyam!na (k!laka**i -- sal!k!) at J iv.2 read c!r˚ (cp. PvA 272 vic!resu' id.). -- pp. v!rita.
-- 610 --
V!reyya
V!reyya (nt.) [grd. of v!reti] marriage, wedding Th 2, 464, 472, 479; SnA 19.
V!la
V!la1 [Vedic v!la; connected with Lat. ad(l!re (ad+ (l!re) to flatter (lit. wag the tail, like a dog), cp. E.
adulation; Lith. vala" horse hair] 1. the hair of the tail, horse -- hair, tail Vin ii.195=J v.335 (paha&&ha --
ka**av!la with bristling ears & tail, of an elephant); J v.274 (so read for ph!la, cp. p. 268, v. 113); PvA 285
(˚ko&i, so read for b!la˚); Sdhp 139. -- pallankassa v!le bhinditv! destroying the hair ( -- stuffing) of a
couch Vin ii.170=DA i.88; cp. Vin iv.299: pallanko !harimehi v!lehi kato. -- On v. in similes see J.P.T.S.
1907, 136. -- 2. a hair -- sieve [also Vedic] M i.229. -- agga the tip of a hair A iii.403; Miln 250 (˚vedha
hitting the tip of a hair, of an archer); DA i.66. -- a*.upaka a cert. material, head dress (?) A i.209 (so read
for v!landuka); Vism 142; DhsA 115 (reads le..(paka). -- kambala a blanket made of horse -- tails D
i.167; A i.240, 296; Pug 55. -- ko&i the tip of the hair PvA 285. -- rajju a cord made of hair S ii.238; A
iv.129; J ii.161. -- v"jan" a fan made of a Yak's tail, a chowrie D i.7. -- vedhin (an archer) who can hit a hair
J i.58 (akkha*a -- vedhin+); Vism 150; Mhvs 23, 86 (sadda -- vedhin vijju -- vedhin+). The abstr. ˚vedh!
hitting a hair, at Vism 150. -- fig. an acute arguer, a hair -- splitter; in standing phrase pa*.it! nipu*! kata --
para -- ppav!d! v!lavedhi -- r(p! at D i.26; M i.176; ii.122; see expln at DA i.117.
V!la
V!la2 (adj.) [cp. Sk. vy!la] malicious, troublesome, difficult Vin ii.299 (adhikara*a).
V!la
V!la3 (nt.) [=v!ri, cp. late Sk. v!la] water; only in cpd. ˚ja a fish (cp. v!rija).
V!latta
V!latta (nt.) [abstr. fr. v!la2] trouble, difficulty Vin ii.86 (in same context as v!la2); A i.54.
V!ladhi
V!ladhi [cp. Epic Sk. v!ladhi] a tail (usually of a large animal) Th 1, 695; J i.63, 149; vi.302; Pv i.83; Mhvs
10, 59; VvA 252, Sdhp 621; Vism 36 quoting Ap.