The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

V!lik!
V!lik! (f.) [a by -- form of v!luk!] sand (often sprinkled in connection with festivities to make the place
look neat) A i.253; J i.210; iii.52, 407; vi.64; Vism 420; DhA i.3, 111; VvA 160, 305; PvA 189. -- paritta˚
sand (on the head) as an amulet J i.396, 399. -- In cpds. usually v!lika˚. Cp. v!luk!. -- puñja a heap of sand
J vi.560. -- pulina sand bed or bank J ii.366; iii.389. -- vassa a shower of sand SnA 224.
V!lin
V!lin (adj.) [fr. v!la1] having a hairy tail Vv 647, cp. VvA 277.
V!lukant!ra
V!lukant!ra at VvA 332 probably for v!luka -- kant!ra, i. e. sandy desert. See va**u.
V!luk!
V!luk! (f.) [cp. Vedic & Epic Sk. v!luk!] sand. In compn usually v!luka˚. -- S iv.376; Vv 391; 441; Ap.
23; Nd2 p. 72 (Gang!ya v.); J ii.258; iv.16; Pv ii.121; Mhvs 23, 86; DhA iii.243, 445; VvA 31, 177; Sdhp
244. See also v!lika.
V!)a
V!)a1 [cp. late Sk. vy!.a, see Geiger, P.Gr. § 546] 1. a snake Vism 312 (so read for va)a). -- 2. a beast of
prey A iii.102 (amanussa); J i.295; iii.345 (˚macch! predaceous fishes); Miln 23 (˚vana forest of wild
beasts). -- miga a beast of prey, predaceous animal, like tiger, leopard, etc. J vi.569; DhA i.171 (˚&&h!na);
iii.348 (˚rocan!); Vism 180, 239.
V!)a
V!)a2 [misspelt for v!da?] music (?) Pgdp 83.
V!vatteti
V!vatteti (vi+!+v%t] to turn away (trs.), to do away with, remove M i.12 (aor. v!vattayi sa'yojana', expld
at MA 87 as "parivattayi, nimm(la' ak!si")= 122 (with v. l. vi˚, see p. 526); A ii.249 (v. l. vi˚).
V!sa
V!sa1 [vas to clothe, see vasati1] clothing; adj. ( -- ˚) clothed in J vi.47 (hema -- kappana -- v!sase).
V!sa
V!sa2 [vas to dwell, see vasati2] 1. living, sojourn, life Sn 191; Mhvs 17, 2 (an!tha -- v!sa' vasati to lead a
helpless life); PvA 12 (saraagga -- v!sa' v. live a life of concord); SnA 59 (lokantarika˚). Cp. pari˚, sa'˚. 2. home, house, habitation Sn 40. v!sa' kappeti to live (at a place), to make one's home J i.242; PvA 47,
100. v!sa' upagacchati to enter a habitation (for spending the rainy season) PvA 32. In special sense "bed":
see cpd. ˚ûpagata. -- 2. state, condition ( -- ˚), in ariya˚ holy state A v.29 sq.; brahmacariya˚ chastity PvA
61. -- 4. (adj.) ( -- ˚) staying, living, abiding, spending time Sn 19 (ekaratti˚), 414 (ettha˚). vassa˚ spending
Lent PvA 20; vuttha˚ having spent Lent J i.183. Cp. ante -- v!sika -- v!sa. -- attha home success, luck in the
house, prosperity A ii.59, 61 sq. -- âg!ra bedroom J iii.317. -- ûpagata (a) having entered one's hut or abode
(for the rainy season) Sn 415. -- (b) gone to bed Pv ii.128; PvA 280. -- ghara living room, bedroom SnA 28