The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Visuddha
Visuddha (adj.) [pp. of visujjhati] clean, pure, bright; in appld meaning: purified, stainless, sanctified Vin
i.105; D iii.52 (cakkhu); S ii.122 (id.); iv.47 (s"la); A iv.304 (su˚); Sn 67, 517, 687; Nd2 601; Pug 60; PvA
1 (su˚); Sdhp 269, 383.
Visuddhatta
Visuddhatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. visuddha] purity, purification A ii.239.
Visuddhi
Visuddhi (f.) [vi+suddhi] brightness, splendour, excel- lency; (ethically) purity, holiness, sanctification;
virtue, rectitude Vin i.105 (visuddho param!ya visuddhiy!); D i.53; iii.214 (di&&hi˚, s"la˚), 288; M i.147; S
iii.69; A i.95 (s"la˚ & di&&hi˚); ii.80 (catasso dakkhi*!˚), 195; iii.315; v.64 (paramattha˚); Sn 813, 824, 840,
892; Dh 16 (kamma˚); Ps i.21 (s"la˚, citta˚, di&&hi˚); ii.85 (id.); Nd1 138, 162; Vism 2; SnA 188 (˚divasa),
PvA 13 (˚cittat!); Sdhp 447. A class of divine beings (dogmatically the highest in the stages of
development, viz. gods by sanctification) is called visuddhi -- dev! Nd2 307; J i.139; VvA 18. See under
deva.
Vis(ka
Vis(ka (nt.) [perhaps to s(c, s(cayati] restless motion, wriggling, twisting, twitching (better than "show,"
although connection with s(c would give meaning "indication, show"), almost synonymous with
vipphandita. Usually in cpd. di&&hi˚ scuffling or wriggling of opinion, wrong views, heresy M i.8, 486; Sn
55 (cp. Nd2 301); Pv iv.137. -- dassana visiting shows (as fairs) D i.5 (cp. DA i.77: "vis(ka' pa&ani --
bh(ta' dassana'," reading not clear); A i.212; ii.209; Pug 58.
Vis(k!yita
Vis(k!yita (nt.) [pp. of vis(k!yeti, denom. fr. vis(ka] 1. restlessness, impatience M i.446. -- 2. disorder,
twisting, distortion (of views); usually in phrase di&&hi˚ with ˚visevita & ˚vipphandita e. g. M i.234; S i.123
(Bdhgh's expln at K.S. i.321 is "vinivijjhan' a&&hena viloman' a&&hena"); ii.62 (in same combn; Bdhgh at
K.S. ii.203: "sabba' micch!di&&hi -- vevacana'"); Dhs 381 ("disorder of opinion" trsln); Nd2 271iii; Vbh
145; DhsA 253. Cp. v. l. S i.12317 (K.S. i.155 "disorders"; n. p. 321).
Vis(cik!
Vis(cik! (f.) [cp. *Sk. vis(cik!] cholera Miln 153, 167.
Viseni˚
Viseni˚ [vi+sena in combn with k% and bh(; cp. pa&isena] "without an enemy," in ˚katv! making armyless, i.
e. disarming Sn 833, 1078. Expld in the Niddesa as "keep away as enemies, conquering" Nd1 174=Nd2 602
(where Nd1 reads pa&isenikar! kiles! for visenikatv! kiles!). -- ˚bh(ta disarmed, not acting as an enemy Sn
793=914, where Nd1 96=334 has the same
-- 641 --
expln as for ˚katv!; S i.141 (+upasanta -- citta; trsln "by all the hosts of evil unassailed" K.S. i.178). Kern,
Toev. s. v. differently "not opposing" for both expressions.