The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ves!rajja (nt.) [abstr. formation fr. vis!rada, i. e. *vai$!- radya] (the Buddha's or an Arahant's) perfect
selfconfidence (which is of 4 kinds), self -- satisfaction, subject of confidence. The four are given in full at
M i.71 sq., viz. highest knowledge, kh"*!sava state, recognition of the obstacles, recognition & preaching
of the way to salvation. See also D i.110; J ii.27; A ii.13; iii.297 sq.; iv.83, 210, 213; M i.380; Ps ii.194;
Nd2 466b; DhA i 86; DA i.278; KhA 104; VvA 213; Sdhp 593.
Vesiy!na
Vesiy!na [=vessa, with ˚na as in gimh!na, vass!na etc.] a Vai$ya (Vessa) J vi.15, 21, 328, 490, 492. As
vess!yana at Sn 455 (where vesiy!na is required).
Ves" & Vesiy!
Ves" & Vesiy! (f.) [the f. of vessa] a woman of low caste, a harlot, prostitute. -- (a) ves": Vin iii.138; J
v.425; in
-- 651 --
cpd. vesi -- dv!ra a pleasure house Th 2, 73. -- (b) vesiy!: Vin iv.278; Sn 108; Vbh 247; in cpd. vesiy! --
gocara asking alms from a prostitute's house DhA iii.275; DhsA 151; VbhA 339.
Vesma
Vesma (nt.) [Vedic ve$man, fr. vi$ to enter: see visati] a house J v.84. A trace of the n -- stem in loc.
vesmani J v.60.
Vessa
Vessa [cp. Vedic vai$ya, a dial. (local) word] a Vai$ya, i. e. a member of the third social (i. e. lower) grade
(see va**a 6), a man of the people D iii.81, 95 (origin); S i.102, 166; iv.219; v.51; A i.162; ii.194; iii.214,
242; Vbh 394; DA i.254 (origin). -- f. ves" (q. v.); vess" (as a member of that caste) D i.193; A iii.226, 229.
Vessik!
Vessik! (f.) [fr. vessa] a Vai$ya woman Sn 314.
Veh!yasa=vih!yasa
Veh!yasa=vih!yasa, i. e. air, sky; only used in acc. veh!yasa' in function of a loc. (cp. VvA 182:
veh!yasa'=veh!yasa -- bh(te hatthi -- pi&&he), combd with &hita (standing in the air) Vv 41; Mhvs 1, 24;
PvA 14.
Veh!sa
Veh!sa [contraction of veh!yasa] the air, sky, heaven; only in the two cases (both used as loc. "in the air"):
acc. veh!sa' D iii.27; S v.283; Vin iii.105; VvA 78; & loc. veh!se Vin i.320. -- ku&" "air hut" i. e. airy
room, "a hut in which a middle -- sized man can stand without knocking his head against the ceiling"
(expln) Vin iv.46. -- gamana going through the air Vism 382; Dhtm 586. -- &&ha standing in the air D i.115;
DA i.284. -- &&hita id. D i.95.
Veh!saya