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Varjsika 49 Vankata
Vagsika (-°) (adj.) [fr. vai)sa] descended from, belonging
to a family (of) S v.i68 (candala°).
Vaka' [Vedic vrka, Idg. ulquo=Lat. lupus, Gr. \vkos,
Lith. vilkas, Goth. wulfs = E. wolf etc.] wolf, only in
poetry Sn 201 ; J 1.336 ; 11.450 ; v. 241, 302.
Vaka^ (indecl.) : a root vak is given at Dhtp 7 & Dhtm 8
in meaning " adane," i. e. grasping, together with aroot
kuk as synonym. It may refer to vaka^ wolf, whereas
kuk would explain koka wolf. The notion of voraciousness
is prevalent in the characterization of the wolf (see
all passages of vaka', e. g. J v. 302).
Vakola [cp. *Sk. vakula] a tree (Mimusops elengi)
J V.420.
Vakka^ (adj.) [Vedic vakra ;
crooked J 1.2 16.
the usual P. form is vanka]
Vakka' (nt.) [Vedic vfkka] the kidney Sn 195; Kh in. ;
Miln 26 ; DhsA 140. In detail described as one of the
32 dkSras at Vism 255, 356; VbhA 60, 239, 356.
-paficaka the series of five (constituents of the body)
beginning with the kidney. These are vakka, hadaya,
yakana, kilomaka, pihaka : VbhA 249.
Vakkanga [vakkar) + ga] a term for bird, poetically for
sakuna J 1.2 16 (tesar) ubhosu passesu pakkha vanka
jata ti vakkanga C).
Vakkhati is fut. of vac: he will say, e. g. at Vin 11. 190 ;
IV, 238. See vatti.
Vakkala[cp. BSk. valkala (e. g. Jtm2io) : see vaka] i. the
bark of a tree J 11. 13 (°antar£); in. 522. — 2. a bark
garment (worn by ascetics) : see vakkali.
Vakkalaka (" bark-like," or " tuft " ?) is at KhA 50 as
the Vism reading, where KhA reads daijda. The
P.T.S. ed. of Vism (p. 255) reads wrongly cakkalaka.
Vakkali [in comp" for in] wearing a garment of bark, an
ascetic, lit. " barker " J 11.274 (°sadda the sound of the
bark-garment-wearer). See also Np. Vakkali.
Vakkalika (adj.) (-°) [fr. vakkala] in danta" peeling bark
with one's teeth, designation of a cert, kind of ascetics
DA 1. 271.
Vagga^ [Vedic varga. fr. VTJ • cp. Lat. volgus & vulgus
(=E. vulgar) crowd, people] i. a company, section,
group, party Vin 1.58 (du°, ti°), 195 (dasa° a chapter of
10 bhikkhus). — 2. a section or chapter of a canonical
book DhA 1. 158 (eka-vagga-dvi-vagga-mattam pi) ;
DhsA 27.
-uposatha celebration (of the uposatha) in groups,
" incomplete congregation " (trsl" Oldenberg) Dpvs 7,
36. More likely to vagga* ! -gata following a (sectarian)
party (Bdhgh identifies this with the 62 diffhigatika
SnA 365) S 1.187; Sn 371. -bandha, in instr.
°ena group by group Mhvs 32, 11. -bandhana banded
together, forming groups DhA iv.93, 94. -vagga in
crowds, confused, heaped up J vi.224 ; PvA 54. -vadaka
taking somebody's part Vin 111.175. -sarin conforming
to a (heretic) party Sn 371, 800, 912 ; Nd' 108, 329.
Vagga* (adj.-nt.) [vi-t-agga, Sk. vyagra ; opposed to
samagga] dissociated, separated ; incomplete ; at difference,
dissentious Vin i.i 1 1 sq., 129, 160 ; iv.53 (sangha)
A 1.70 (parisa) ; 11.240. — instr. vaggena separately,
secessionally, sectariously Vin 1.161 ; iv.37, 126.
-arama fond
M 1.286; It II
of dissociation or
(-(-adhamma-ttha ;
causing separation
trsl" Seidenstucker
not quite to the point : rejoicing in parties, i. e. vagga')
= Vin 11.205. -kamma (ecclesiastical) act of an incomplete
chapter of bhikkhus Vin 1.3 15 sq.
agga-kamma). -rata = °arama.
(opp. sam-
: vanka
I With
Vaggati [valg, to which belong Oicel. valka to roll ; Ags.
wealkan = E. walk] to jump Vv 64* (expl'' at VvA 278
as " kadaci pade padai) " [better: padapadai) ?] nikkhipanta
vagganena gamane [read : vagga-gamanena]
gacchanti) ; J 11.335, 404 ) iv-Si, 343 ; v.473.
Vaggatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. vagga'] distraction, dissension,
secession, sectarianism Vin 1.316 (opp. samaggatta).
Vagganasee vaggati (ref. of Vv 64»).
Vaggiya (-°) (adj.) [fr. vagga'] belonging to a group, forming
a company, a party of (-°), e. g. paficavaggiya thera
J 1.57, 82 ; bhikkhu M 1.70 ; 11.94 : chabbaggiya bhikkhu
(the group of 6 bh.) Vin i.iii sq., 316 sq. & passim;
sattarasa- vaggiya bhikkhQ (group of 17) Vin iv.112.
VaggU (adj.) [cp. Vedic valgu, fr. valg; freq. in comb" with
vadati "to speak lovely words"] lovely, beautiful,
pleasant, usually of sound (sara)D 11.20 (°ssara) ; Si. 180,
190; Sn 350, 668; Vv 5', 36'. 36* ("rflpa), 50" (gira),
63*. 64'" (ghoso suvaggu), 6420, 67*, 84"; Pv i.ii';
11.12' ; 111.3* ; J 11.439; 111.21 ; v. 215; Sdhp 245. The
foil, synonyms are frequently given in VvA & PvA as
expl" of vaggu : abhirupa, caru, madhura, rucira,
savaniya, siniddha, sundara, sobhana.
-vada of lovely speech or enunciation Sn 955 ( = madhura-vada,
pemaniya-vada, hadayangama°, karavikaruda-mai^ju-ssara
Nd' 446).
Vaggnli & °i (m. & f.) [cp. Sk. valguli, of valg to flutter] a
bat Vin 11.148; Miln 364, 404; Vism 663 (in simile);
DhA III. 223.
-rukkha a tree on which bats live Vism 74. -vata
" bat-practice," a certain practice of ascetics J 1.493 ;
III. 235 ;
IV. 299.
Vanka (adj.-n.) [cp. Vedic vanka & vakra bending; also
Ved. vanku moving, fluttering, walking slant ; vaflcati
to waver, walk crooked. Cp. Lat. con-vexus " convex."
Ags. woh " wrong," Goth, wahs ;
Ohg. wanga cheek,
and others. — The Dhtp 5 gives " kotilya " as meaning
of vank. Another Pali form is vakka (q. v.). The
Prk. forms are both vakka & vanka : Pischel, Prk. Gr.
§ 74], I. (adj.). — I. crooked, bent, curved M 1.31
(-f-jimha); S iv.118 (read v-daijda) ; Vin 11. 116 (sutta
honti) ; J 1.9 (of kaja) ; iv.362 (°daijda), PvA 51.
ref. to a kind of vina at VvA 281. — 2. (fig.)
crooked, deceitful, dishonest J in. 313 (of crows : kakanar)
namari C.) ; vi.524 ; Pv iv. i^* (a°) ; Sn 270 (probably
to be read dhanka as SnA 303, = kaka). — 3. doubtful,
deceitful, deceptive, i. e. haunted Vv 84', cp. VvA 334.
— II. (m.) — I. abend, nook, curve (of ponds) J 11. 189 ;
VI. 333 (sahassa"). — 2. a hook J v. 269. — 3. a fishhook
D 11.266; Th I, 749; J VI. 437. — On vanka in
similes see /.P.T.S. 1907, 131.
-angula a crooked finger A in. 6. -Ativankin having
curves upon curves (in its horns), with very crooked
antlers J 1. 160 (said of a deer), -gata running in bends
or crooked (of a river) J 1.289. -ghasta (a fish) having
swallowed the hook D 11.266; J vi.113. -chidda a
crooked hole DA i.ii2. -da^ha having a bent fang (of a
boar) J n.405.
Vankaka (nt.) [fr. vanka] a sort of toy: Rh. D. "toyplough"
{Dial. 1. 10); Kern "miniature fish-hook"
{Toev. s. v.). Rh. D. derives it fr. Sk. vyka (see P.
vaka'). Bdhgh at DA 1.86 takes it as " toy-plough."
See D 1.6; Vin n.io (v. 1. vangaka & vankata); in. 180
(v.l. cangaka) ; A v. 203 (T. vanka ; v. 1. vankaka) ; Miln
229. At ThA 15 vankaka is used in general meaning
of " something crooked " (to explain Th 2, ii khujja),
which is specified at Th i, 43 as sickle, plough and
spade.
Vankata (f.) & Vankatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. vanka] crookedness
A I 112 (tt); Dhs 1339; VbhA 494.