The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Viva&&eti
Viva&&eti [vi+va&&eti] to turn down or away (perhaps in dogmatic sense to turn away from sa's!ra), to
divert, destroy: only in phrase viva&&ayi sa'yojana' (in standard setting with acchecchi ta*ha'), where the
usual v. l. is v!vattayi (see v!vatteti). Thus at M i.12, 122; S i.127; iv.105, 205, 207, 399; A i.134; iii.246,
444 sq.; iv.8 sq.; It 47 (T. vivattayi).
Viva**a
Viva**a (adj.) [vi+va**a] discoloured, pale, wan Sn 585; Th 2, 79; J ii.418.
Viva**aka
Viva**aka (nt.) [fr. viva**eti] dispraise, reviling Vin iv.143.
Viva**eti
Viva**eti [vi+va**eti] to dispraise, defame Pv iii.106 (th(pa -- p(ja'); PvA 212.
Vivattacchada
Vivatta -- cchada (adj.) having the cover removed, with the veil lifted; one who draws away the veil (cp.
vivara*a) or reveals (the Universe etc.); or one who is freed of all (mental & spiritual) coverings (thus
Bdhgh), Ep. of the Buddha. -- Spelling sometimes chadda˚ (see chada). -- D i.89; ii.16; iii.142 (dd; samm! -
- sambuddha loke vivatta -- chadda; trsln "rolling back the veil from the world"), 177 (dd); A ii.44 (v. l.
dd); Sn 372 (expld as "viva&a -- r!ga -- dosa -- moha -- chadana SnA 365), 378, 1003 (ed. Sn prefers dd as
T. reading); Nd2 593 (with allegorical interpretation); J i.51; iii.349; iv.271 (dd); DhA i.201 (v. l. dd);
iii.195; DA i.250. -- It occurs either as vivatta˚ or viva&a˚. In the first case (vivatta˚) the expln presents
difficulties, as it is neither the opp. of vatta ("duty"), nor the same as viva&&a ("moving back" intrs.), nor a
direct pp. of vivattati (like Sk. viv%tta) in which meaning it would come nearer to "stopped, reverted,
ceased." vivattati has not been found in P!li. The only plausible expln would be taking it as an abs. pp.
formation fr. v%t in Caus. sense (vatteti), thus "moved back, stopped, discarded" [cp. BSk. vivartayati to
cast off a garment, Divy 39). In the second case (viva&a˚) it is pp. of vivarati [vi+v%: see vu*!ti], in meaning
"uncovered, lifted, off," referring to the covering (chada) as uncovered instead of the uncovered object. See
viva&a. It is difficult to decide between the two meanings. On the principle of the "lectio difficilior" vivatta
would have the preference, whereas from a natural & simple point of view viva&a seems more intelligible &
more fitting. It is evidently an old phrase. Note. -- vivatta -- kkhandha at S i.121 is a curious expression
("with his shoulders twisted round"?). Is it an old misreading for pattakkhandha? Cp. however, S.A. quoted
K.S. i.151, n. 5, explaining it as a dying monk's effort to gain an orthodox posture.
Vivattati
Vivattati at Pug 32 is to be read as viva&&ati.
Vivadati
Vivadati [vi+vadati] 1. to dispute, quarrel Sn 842, 884; J i.209; Miln 47. -- 2. (intrs.) to be quarrelled with S
iii.138.
Vivadana
Vivadana (nt.) [fr. vivadati] causing separation, making discord D i.11; DA i.96.