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Vatta* at J V.443 is corrupt for vantha cripple.
Vatta 56 Vatthu
Vattaka (adj.) [fr. vatta'] doing, exercising, influencing;
in vasa° having power, neg. avasa" having no free will,
involuntary PvA 64.
Vattati [Vedic vartate ; vft. A differentiated P. form is
vattati. — Cp. Av, varat to turn, Sk. vartana turning,
vartula = Lat. vertellura= E. whorl (Ger. wirtel) & vertil
Goth. walr|)an = Ger. werden (to become, E.
Gr. paravr] ;
"turn"); Goth. -wa£rJ>s=E. -wards; Obulg. vreteno
spindle ; and many others (e. g. Lat. vertex, vortex), q. v.
Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. verto] to move, go on, proceed
to happen, take place, to be ; to be in existence ; to fare,
to do Sn p. 13 (parivesana vattati distribution of food
Sn 654 (kammana vattati loko keeps
was in progress) ;
up, goes on); Pv 11.9" (vatteyya) ; Miln 338 (na cirat)
vattate bhavo). — grd. vattabba to be proceeded, or
simply "to be " Vin 11. 8 (so read for vatth°) : nissaya
te v. " thou must remain under the superintendence of
others" (Vin. Texts, 11.344). — Often equal to atthi
or (pi.) santi, i. e. is (are),! e- g- J vi.504 ; SnA 100
(balha vedana vattanti) ; PvA 40. — ppr. med. vatta-
mana see sep. — pp. vatta. — Caus. vatteti to make
go on, to keep up, practise, pursue Sn 404
(etai) vat-
tayar) pursuing this) ; freq. in phrases vasai) vatteti
to exercise power, e. g. PvA 89 ; and cakkar)
vatteti to wield royal power, to govern (cp. expression
cakkavattin & see pavatteti) Sn 554, 684 (vattessati),
grd. vattitabba
693 (dhamraa-cakkar)) ; J ni.412. —
to be practised Vin n.32. — pp. vattita.
Vattana (nt.) [fr. vattati] moving on, upkeep, existence,
continuance Sn 698 (cakka° continuance of royal
power) ; Mhvs 3, 38.
VattanI (& °i) (f) [cp. Sk. vartanl, fr. vjl] a track, a road
1. J 196, 395. 429; 111.200. —kanha° leaving a black
trail. Ep. of the fire J in.140.
Vattamana
(adj.-nt.) [ppr. med. of vattati] being in existence,
going on, happening at the time ; nt. process,
progress, (as ") in progress SnA 4 (°uppanna) ; PvA 55.
-°vacana the present tense SnA 16, 23.
Vattamanaka (adj.) [fr. last] going on, being, existing;
"bhave in the present existence or period Miln 291.
Vattar [n. ag. of vatti, vac] one who speaks, a sayer,
speaker M 1.470; S 1.63; 11. 182; vi.94, 198; D 1.139;
A IV. 32 ; v 79 sq., 226 sq. ; Th i. 334 (read ariya -vatta
for " vata) ; J 1.134 ; SnA 272 ; PvA 15.
Vatti [Vedic vakti, vao] to speak, say, call ; pres. not
found (for which vadati) ; fut. 1*' sg. vakkhami J 1.346 ;
3"! vakkhati S M42 ; J 1.356 ; 11.40 ; vi.352 ; VbhA 51 ;
111.207; Vism 170, 446;
I'' pi. vakkhama S iv.72 ; M
3"' vakkhanti Vin 11. i ; pte. fut. vakkhamana PvA 18.
— aor. 1" sg. avacarj J 111.280 ; DhA in. 194, & avocat)
Th 2, 124; Vv 79''; S i.io; DhA ni.285 2'>'>
; avaca
Th 2, 415, avoca Dh 133, & avacasi Vv 35'; 53*; 3"!
avaca J 1.294 ; Pv 11.3'' ; PvA 65 (ma a.) ; avoca Th 2,
494; S 1.150; Sn p. 78; J 11.160; PvA 6, 31, 49, &
avac&si J vi.525; i*' pi. avacumha & avocumha M
II. 91 ; in. 2""' 15; avacuttha Vin 1.75 (ma a.); 11.297;
11.48 ; 1.73 ; iv.228, & avocuttha 1. J 76 ; Miln 1 9 ;
J DhA
3"" pi. avacui] J v. 260, & avocug M 11.147. — »"/•
vattug Sn 431 ; J vi.35i ; Vism 522 = VbhA 130 (vattukama)
; SnA 414; DA 1.109; DhA 1.329; n.5. ger.
vatva SnA 398 ; PvA 68, 73, & vatvana Sn p. 78. —
grd. vattabba Miln 2 76 (kig vattabbag what is there to
be said about it ? i. e. it goes without saying) ; SnA 123,
174, 178; PvA 12, 27, 92. ppr. med. vuccamana
Vin 1.60 ; 111.221 ; PvA 13. — Pass, vuccati D 1.168, 245 ;
Dh 63 ; Mhvs 9. 9 ; 34, 81 (vuccate, v. 1. uccate) ; J 1.129
(vuccare, 3"* pi.); Pv.A 24, 34, 63, 76; — pp. vutta
(q. " \ — Caus. vaceti to make speak, i. e. to read out
to cause to read; also to teach, to instruct Sn 1018,
1020; J 1.452 (read); PvA 97. — pp- vacita (q. v.).
Desid. vavakkhati (see Geiger, P.Gr. § i84=Sk. vivak-
$ati) to wish to call D 11.256.
Vattika = vatika Nd' 89 (having the habit of horses,
elephants rtc).
Vattita (nt.) [fr. vatteti] that which goes on, round (of
existence), revolution Miln 226.
Vattin (adj.) (-") [fr. v^t] engaged in, having power over,
making, doing ; only in cpds. cakka" & vasa° (q. v.).
Vattha^ (nt.) [Vedic vastra, fr. vas, vaste to clothe Idg.
;
ues, enlargement of *eu : ( Lat. ex-uo) ; cp. Lat. vestis
"*vest(-ment)," Gr. ivwiii to clothe, tl/ia dress ; Goth,
wasjan to clothe ; wasti dress] i ." cloth ; clothing, garment,
raiment ; also collectively : clothes ; M 1.36 sq. ;
A 1.132, 209, 286; 11.85, 241 ; 111.27 (odatag), 50 (kasikag),
386 (kasayag) ; iv.60, 186, 210 ; v. 61 sq. (ubhatobhaga-vimatthag
= M 11.13, reading vimaddha with
;
the expression cp. ubhato-bhaga-vimutta) ; Sn 295,
304; KhA 237 (°g pariyodayati, simile); PvA 43, 50,
70 ; Sdhp 2 7. —alia" fresh, clean clothes DhA iv.220 ;
1
ahata° new clothes J 1.50 ; Davs 11.39 ; dibba" heavenly,
i. e. exquisite dresses PvA 23, 46, 53. — pi. vatthani
garments, clothes Sn 64, 287, 924; Pug 57 (kasayani) ;
DhA 1.2 19 (their uses, from a new dress down to a bit of
rag). — 2. hangings, tapestry J iv.304. — On vattha
in 5i»!i7es see /.P.T.S. 1907. 132-
-guyha " that which is concealed by a cloth," i. e. the
pudendum D 1.106; Sn 1022 ; DA 1.275 ( = angajatag ;
Bhagavato ti varanass' eva kosohitag vatthaguyhag
suvannavaijnag paduma-gabbha-samanag). -yuga a
1.34. -lakkhana
pair of garments J iv.172 ; Davs
fortune telling from clothes SnA 362. -sannidhi
storing up of clothes D 1.6 ;Nd' 3 72 ;DAi.82. -suttathe
Suttanta on clothes (i.e. with the parable of the clothes :
vatth' upama-sutta) M 1.36 sq., quoted at Vism 377
and SnA 119.
Vattha~ as pp. of vasati' occurs only in cpd. nivattha.
The two passages in PvA where vattha is printed as pp.
(vatthani vattha) are to be read as vattha-nivattha
(PvA 46, 62).
Vatthabba at vin 11.8 is to be spelt vattabba (see vattati).
Vatthi (m. & f) [Vedic vasti in meaning i ; the
other
meanings later] 1. the bladder Vin 111. 117; J 1.146;
Sn 195; Vism i44=riisA 117; Vism 264, 345 (mutta°),
248. — 2. the pudendum: see
362; DA 1.161 ; VbhA
'kosa. — 3. a clyster (-bag) : see °kamma.
-kamma(g karoti) ^o use a clyster Vin 1.216. -kosa
a membranous sheath enveloping the sexual organ of a
so
male DA 1.275 (°kosena paticchanna vatthaguyha :
read for °kesena) ; VvA 252 (°mukha orifice of the
pudendum of an elephant).
Vatthu' (nt.) [Class. Sk. vastu, fr. vas'] lit. " ground,"
hence i. (lit.) object, real thing, property, thing, substance
(cp. vatthu^ I) A 11.209 (khetta", where khetta in
lit. sense, cp. No. 2). Here belongs the def" of kama
as twofold : vatthu-kama and kilesa-kama, or desire for
realities, objective kama, and desire as property of
stained character, i. e. subjective kama, e. g. Nd' 1 ;
SnA 99, 112 ; DhsA 62. — On vatthu as general philos.
term cp. Dhs. trsp" "§§ 455, 679, 1229, also introd. p. 86
Cpd. 15, 31, 174'. — 2. (appl"" meaning) object, item
Vin 1.12 1 (antima-vatthug ajjhapannaka guilty of an
extreme ogence ?) ; v. 138 (the 10 aghata-vatthuni, as
at Vbh 86) ; D 111.252 {seven niddesa°), 255 (eight kusita").
258 {eight dana°) ; S 11.41. 56 sq. Vbh ; 71 {cakkhu° etc.).
306 sq., 353; Nett 114 {ten); SnA 172 DhA iv.2 (ak-
;
kosa°) ; PvA 8, 20 (dana"). 26 (left out in id. p. KhA 209)
29, 65 (alabbhaneyya°). 96 (id,), 119, 121 (ittha"), 177,