The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Visañña (adj.) [vi+sañña=saññ!] 1. having wrong per- ceptions Sn 874. -- 2. unconscious J v.159. In
composition with bh( as visaññ" -- bh(ta at J i.67.
Visaññin
Visaññin (adj.) [vi+saññin] unconscious, one who has lost consciousness; also in meaning "of unsound
mind" (=ummattaka Nd1 279) A ii.52 (khitta -- citta+); Miln 220; Sdhp 117.
Visa&a & visata
Visa&a & visata [pp. of vi+s%, Sk. vis%ta] spread, diffused, wide, broad D iii.167 (&); Sn 1 (T. reads t, v. l. BB
has &); J ii.439; iv.499 (t); Miln 221, 354 (&; +vitthata), 357. Cp. anu˚.
Visa&! & visat!
Visa&! & visat! (f.) [abrh. formation fr. vi+sañj, spelling t for tt: see visatta. The writing of MSS.
concerning t in these words is very confused] "hanging on," clinging, attachment. The word seems to be a
quasi -- short form of visattik!. Thus at Sn 715 (=ta*h! C.; spelling t); Dhs 1059 (trsln "diffusion," i. e. fr.
vi+s%; spelling &)=Nd2 s. v. ta*h! (spelt with t).
Visa&&ha
Visa&&ha see vissa&&ha.
Visa&&hi
Visa&&hi (f.) [for vissa&&hi, fr. vi+s%j] 1. emission; in sukka˚ emission of semen Vin ii.38; iii.112; Kvu 163. --
2. visa&&hi at S iii.133 and A iv.52 (T. visa&&hi) probably stands for visatti in meaning "longing," clinging to
(cp. BSk. vi+akti Av- ii.191), or "love for" (loc.).
Visati
Visati [vi$, cp. vi$ dwelling -- place, ve$a; Gr. oi/kos house, oi)ke/w to dwell; Lat. v"cus, Goth. weihs=E.
˚wick in Warwick, etc.] to enter, only in combn with prefixes, like upa˚, pa˚, pari˚, sa'˚, abhisa'˚, etc. . . .
See also vesma (house).
Visatta
Visatta [pp. of visajjati] hanging on (fig.), sticking or clinging to, entangled in (loc.) A ii.25; Sn 38, 272;
Nd2 597; J ii.146; iii.241.
Visattik!
Visattik! (f.) [visatta+ik!, abstr. formation] clinging to, adhering, attachment (to=loc.), sinful bent, lust,
desire. -- It is almost invariably found as a syn. of ta*h!. P. Commentators explain it with ref. either to
visa&a (diffused), or to visa (poison). These are of course only exegetical edifying etymologies. Cp. Dhs.
trsln § 1059; Expositor ii.468: Brethren 213 n. 3, K.S. i.2, n. 6, and the varied exegesis of the term in the
Niddesas. S i.1, 24, 35, 107, 110; A ii.211; iv.434; Sn 333, 768, 857, 1053 sq.; Th 1, 519; Nd1 8 sq.,
247; Nd2 598; DhA iii.198; iv.43; DhsA 364; Nett 24; Dhs 1059.
Visada