The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vih!yasa [cp. Sk. viha & vih!yasa] the air, sky PvA 14. Cases adverbially: ˚yas! through the air Mhvs 12,
10, & ˚yasa' id. J iv.47. Cp. veh!yasa & veh!sa.
Vih!ra
Vih!ra [fr. viharati] 1. (as m. & adj.) spending one's time (sojourning or walking about), staying in a place,
living; place of living, stay, abode (in general) VvA 50 (jala˚); PvA 22, 79; eka˚ living by oneself S ii.282
sq.; jangh!˚ wandering on foot PvA 73; div!˚ passing the time of day Sn 679; PvA 142. See also below 3 a.
-- 2. (appld meaning) state of life, condition, mode of life (in this meaning almost identical with that of
v!sa2), e. g. ariya˚ best condition S v.326; SnA 136; dibba˚ supreme condition (of heart) Miln 225; brahma˚
divine state S v.326; SnA 136; Vism 295 sq. (ch. ix.); ph!su˚ comfort A iii.119, 132; sukha˚ happiness S
iii.8; v.326; A i.43; ii.23; iii.131 sq.; iv.111 sq., 230 sq.; v.10 sq. See further D i.145, 196; iii.220 (dibba,
brahma, ariya), 250 (cha satata˚), 281; S ii.273 (jh!na˚); iii.235 (id.); A iii.294 (˚' kappeti to live one's life);
Ps ii.20; Nett 119 sq. 3. (a) a habitation for a Buddhist mendicant, an abode in the forest (arañña˚), or a
hut; a dwelling, habitation, lodging (for a bhikkhu), a single room Vin ii.207 sq.; D ii.7; A iii.51, 299
(yath!vih!ra' each to his apartment); Sn 220 (d(ra˚ a remote shelter for a bhikkhu), 391; Vism 118
(different kinds; may be taken as c.). -- (b) place for convention of the bhikkhus, meeting place; place for
rest & recreation (in garden or park) DA i.133. -- (c) (later) a larger building for housing bhikkhus, an
organized monastery, a Vih!ra Vin i.58; iii.47; S i.185 (˚p!la the guard of the monastery); J i.126; Miln
212; Vism 292; DhA i.19 (˚c!rik! visit to the monastery), 49 (˚pokkhara*"), 416; Mhvs 19, 77; PvA 12, 20,
54, 67, 141. 151; and passim. See also Dictionary of Names. The modern province Behar bears its name
from the vih!ras.
Vih!raka=vih!ra
Vih!raka=vih!ra 3 (room, hut) Th 2, 94 (=vasanaka- ovaraka ThA 90).
-- 643 --
Vih!rika
Vih!rika (adj.)=vih!rin; in saddhi˚ co -- resident A iii.70.
Vih!rin
Vih!rin (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. vih!ra] dwelling, living; being in such & such a state or condition D i.162 (appa --
dukkha˚), 251 (eva'˚); A i.24 (ara*a˚), 26 (mett!); It 74 (appam!da˚); Sn 45 (s!dhu˚), 375; Pv iv.133
(ara*a˚); PvA 77, 230 (mett!˚); VvA 71. -- eka˚ living alone S ii.282 sq.; iv.35; opp. saddhi˚ together with
another; a coresident, brother -- bhikkhu S ii.204; iv.103; A ii.239.
Vih!hesi
Vih!hesi "he banished" at J iv.471 is 3rd sg. aor. Caus. of vijahati (h!); expld in C. by pabb!jesi. -- Another
form vih!hisi see under viharati & cp. viheti2.
Vihi'sati
Vihi'sati [vi+hi'sati] to hurt, injure, harass, annoy S i.165; It 86; Sn 117, 451; PvA 123, 198.
Vihi'san!
Vihi'san! (f.) a Commentary word for vihi's! VbhA 75. A similar vihi'sak! occurs at PvA 123.