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Vataqsa 52 Vatti
Vatagsa [for avatagsa : see Geiger, P.Gr. § 66* ; cp. Sk.
avatagsa with t ; Prk. vaagsa] a kind of head ornament,
perhaps ear-ring or garland worn round the forehead
Mhvs II, 28 (C. expl" as " kannapilandhanai) vatai)sakan
ti vuttar) hoti"). Usually as vatagsaka Vin
II. 10; IH.180; Th I, 523; Vv 38* (expl* as " ratana-
maya kaijijika " (pi.) at VvA 174) ; J vi.488 ; VvA
178,
189, 209. — Note. The root vat given as " vethana " at
Dhtm 106 probably refers to vatagsa.
Vataka [cp. *Sk. vataka, fr. vafa rope] a small ball or
thickening, bulb, tuber; in mulala" the (edible) tuber
of the lotus J VI. 563 (C. kan^aka).
Vatakara [probably distorted by metathesis from Sk.
vataraka. Fr. vafa rope. On etym. of the latter see
Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. volvo] a rope, cable J 111.478
(nava sa-vafakara).
Vatama (nt.) [cp. Vedic vartman, fr. vft] a road, path
D II. 8; S IV.52 (chinna°); J 111.412 ; Vism 123 (sa° &
a°). Cp. ubbatuma & parivafuma.
Vatta' (adj.-nt.) [pp. of vyt, Sk. vj-tta in meaning of
"round" as well as "happened, become" etc. The
two meanings have become differentiated in Pali
vatfa is not found in meaning of " happened." All
three Pali meanings are specialized, just as the pres.
vattati is specialized in meaning " behoves "] i. round,
circular; (nt.) circle PvA 185 (ayata+); KhA 50
(°nali). See cpd. °anguli. — 2. (fig.) " rolling on," the
"round" of existences, cycle of transmigrations, sai)sara,
evolution ( = involution) (as forward or ascending
circle of existences, without implying a teleological idea,
in contrast to vivatfa " rolling back " or devolution, i. e.
a new (descending) cycle of existence in a new aeon with
inverted [vi-] motion, so to speak) S in. 63
; iv.53
(pariyadiijna°), cp. M 111.118; Th i, 417 (sabba° : "all
constant rolling on" trsl") ; SnA
351 ( = upadana);
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DhsA 238. — There are 3 vattas, (te-bhumaka vatta,
see also tivatta) embracing existence in the stages of
kamma-vatta, kilesa° and vipaka", or circle of deed,
sin & result (found only in Commentarial literature) :
KhA 189 ; SnA 510 (tebhumaka°) ; DhA 1.289 (kile6a°)
iv.69 (tebhumaka°). See also Mara ; and "dukkha,
"vivatfa below. — 3. "what has been profiered,"
expenditure, alms (as t. t.) J vi.333 (dana° alms-gift)
DhA 11.29 (paka° cooked food as alms) ; VvA 222 (id.) ;
Mhvs 32, 61 (alms-pension); 34, 64 (salaka-vatjabhatta).
— Cp. vi°.
-anguliarounded(i.e.well-formed)finger ;adj. having
;
round fingers Vv 64^' ( = anupubbato v., i. e. regularly
formed, VvA 280); J v. 207, 215. -angulika same as
last
J V.204. -anugata accompanied by (or affected
with) sagsara J 1,91 (dhana). - (f) [represents both Epic Sk. varti and vrtti, differ-
entiated derivations from vyt, combining the meanings
of "turning, rolling" and "encircling, round"] i. a
wick S II. 86=111. I26=iv. 213 ; J 1.243 (dipa°) ; DhA
393 ; ThA 72 (Ap. v.45 : nom. pi. vattini) ; Mhvs 32, 37 ;
34, 35. — 2. enclosure, lining, film, skin Vism 258
(anta° entrails), 262 (udara°) ; J 1.260 (anta°, so read
for °vaddhi). — 3. edge, rim, brim, circumference Vin