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Vattika 53 Vaddhika
n.i20 (aggala" of the door), 148 (id.) ; S 111.141 (patta°
of a vase or bowl); iv.168 (id.); DhA 11. 124 (nemi").
Often as mukha-va^ti outer rim, border, lining, e. g.
cakkavala" J 1.64, 72 ; DhA 1.3 19 ; in. 209 patt° , J v. 38 ;
pasada°DhsA 107. — 4. strip, fringe Vinii. 266 (dussa°)
J V.73 (camma°) ; Mhvs 11, 15. — 5. a sheath, bag, pod
J 111.366 (tiija°) ; Mhvs 26, 17 (marica° red pepper pod)
DhA IV. 203 (reiju°), ^— 6. a lump, ball DhA 111.117
(pubba°, of matter). — 7. rolling forth or along, a gush
(of water), pour J 1.109 (or to vj? ?).
Vattika
(f.) [vatti+ka, cp. Class. Sk. vartika] i. a wick
Mhvs 30, 94. — 2. a brim Mhvs 18, 28. — 3. a pod
Mhvs 26, 16 (marica").
Vattia (-°) (adj.) in munda° porter (?) is not clear. It is a
der" fr. vafti in one or the other of its meanings. Found
only at Vin 11. 137, where it is expl"" by Bdhgh as
" vetthin." It may belong to vafagsa or vata (rope)
cp. Dhtm 106 " vethana " for vatar|sa.
Vattnla (adj.) [fr. vit, cp. late Sk. vartula] circular Abhp
707.
Va^ha [pp. of vassati, for the usual vutfha] rained, in
nava° newly rained upon DhA 1.19 (bhiimi).
Va^hara (adj.) [cp. BSk. vafha.-a MVastu 11.65. A root
vath is given at Dhtm 133 in meaning " thulattane
bhave " i. e. bulkiness] bulky, gross Abhp 701.
Va44ha (nt.) [fr. vrdh] wealth, riches J in. 131 (va^dhag
vaddhatar), imper). Or should we read vatta ? —
Vaddha is used as Np. at KhA 119, perhaps in meaning
" prosperous."
Va44haka [fr. vaddheti] i. augmenting, increasing, i. e.
looking after the welfare of somebody or something,
one who superintends J 1.2 (rasi° the steward of an
estate). — 2. a maker of, in special sense (civara" robecutter,
perhaps fr. vaidb to cut : see vaddheti) a tailor
J 1.220.
Va44haki (& °i) [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vardhaki & vardha-
kin perhaps from vardh to cut : see vaddheti] a car-
;
penter, builder, architect, mason. On their craft and
guilds see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 181 sq. ; Mrs. Rh. D.
Cambridge Hist. Ind. 1.206. — The word is specially
characteristic of the Jatakas and other popular (later)
literature J 1.32, 201, 247; 11. 170; vi.332 sq., 432;
Ap. 51 ; DhA 1.269 ; iv.207 ; Vism 94 ; PvA 141 ; Mhbv
154. —itt''a° a stonemason Mhvs 35, 102 ; nagara°the
city architect Miln 331, 345; brahmana" a brahmin
carpenter J iv.207 ; maha°
builder Vism 463.
chief carpenter, master
In metaphor tanha the artificer lust
DhA 111.128.
-gama a carpenter village J 11. 18, 405 ; iv.159.
Va^^bati [Vedic vardhati, v^dh, cp. Av. vgradaiti to
increase. To this root belongs P. uddha " high up "
( = Gr. opOdf straight). Def* at Dhtp 109 simply as
" vaddhane "] primary meaning " to increase " (trs. &
intrs.) ; hence : to keep on, to prosper, to multiply, to
grow S 1. 15 (read vaddh° for vatt°) ; 11.206 (vapijena)
'V.73, 250 ; A V.249 (panflaya) ; Sn 329 (panfia ca sutafi
ca) ; J III. 131 (poraijar) va(Jdhar) vaddhatar), imper. med.
S"" V.66
sg.) ;
candima) ; Pv
(sada so vaddhata raja sukka-pakkhe va
i.i* (data puflrlena v.) ; Pug 71 Miln ; 9 ;
Mhvs 7, 68 (putta-dhitahi va