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Vatthu 57 Vaddhi
220. Cp. °bhuta. — 3. occasion for, reason, ground
A II. 158 (4 khetta [in fig. sense !]. ayatana & adhikarana)
; iv.334 ; D 1.13 sq. (atthadasahi vatthuhi etc.)
J II. 5 (avatthumhi chandar) m&kari do not set your
heart on what is unreasonable) ; vatthuna (instr.) because
PvA 118; vatthuto (abl.) on account of PvA 241. —
4. basis, foundation, seat, (objective) substratum, substance,
element J 1.146 (kayo paridevan^r) v.); VbhA
404 (+ arammana). See most of the cpds. — 5. subjectmatter,
subject, story, account SnA 4 ; DhA 11.66 ; PvA
77, 92, 263, 269. Cp. "gatha & titles like Petavatthu,
Vimanavatthu.
-kata made a foundation or basis of, practised thoroughly
J II. 61 ; v. 14 and passim (-i-bhavita etc.). In
phrase taldvatthukata ( = tala avatthu kata) vatthu
means foundation, basis, ground to feed and live on, thus (
" a palm deprived of its foundation " : see refs. under
tala. -gatha the stanzas of the story, the introductorj-
(explanatory', essential to its understanding) stanzas,
something like " prologue " SnA 483, 575 (preceding
Sn 699 & 976). -dasaka tenfold substance or material
basis VbhA 22. -bhuta being an object, i. e. subject
to J V.210. -rupa substance or substratum of matter,
material form Vism 561, 564; VbhA 22, 172. -visadakiriya
clearing of the foundation or fundamentals,
purification of the elements VbhA 2 83 = DhsA 76
(°kiriyata; trsl" Expos. loi "cleansing of things or
substance ") ; Vism 128 ; VbhA 276.
Vatthn' (A'edic vastu ; fr. vas] site, ground, field, plot
Vin III. 50 (arama° & vihara°), 90 (id.); Sn 209, 473
(sakhetta", cp. vatthu" 4), 769 (khetta + ), 858 (id.) ; Th
957 (khetta f vatthu, cp. Brethren p. 337' & Vin.
Texts III. 389 sq); Miln 279 (khetta" a plot of arable
land); DA 1.78 (contrasted with khetta. see khetta i
and cp. vattliu' i ) ; PvA 88 (gehassa the back j-ard of the
house) ; haunted by fairies (pariganhanti) 1) 11.87.
-kamma " act concerning sites," i. e. preparing the
ground for building D 1.12 (trsl° : fixing on lucky sites
for dwellings), cp. DA 1.98 : akata-vatthumhi gehapatitthapanar).
-devata the gods protecting the grounds,
field-gods, house-gods Pv 1.4' ( = ghara-vatthur) adhivattha
devata PvA i 7). -parikirana offerings over the
site of a house ("consecrating sites" trsl°) D 1.12 (cp.
DA i.98=:balikamma-karanar)). -vijja the science of |
(building-) sites, the art of determining a suitable (i. e.
lucky) site for a house D 19 (see expl" at DA 1.93);
S III. 239 ; Nd' 372 ; Vism 269 (in comparison) ; KhA 237.
See also Dial 11.92 & Fick, Sociale Gliederting 152.
Vatthuka (adj.) (-°) [fr. vatthu'] i. having a site or foundation
or ground, in ucca" (high) and nica" (low) Vin
II. 117, 120; Mhvs 33, 87. — 2. having its ground in,
founded on. being of such & such a nature or composition
S iv.67 (vaca"); Ps i 130 (micchaditthi". correct in
Index J.P.T.S. 1908!); Vbh 319 (uppanna° ; 4- arammana),
392 (micchadiuhi°) ;
VbhA 403 (uppanna° etc.),
Vada (adj.) (-°) [fr. vad] speaking, in cpd. vaggu° speaking
pleasantly Sn 955 (cp. Nd' 446; SnA 57i=sundaravada)
; suddhiij° of clean speech Sn 910.
Vadannu (adj.) [cp. Sk. vadaniya, which also in P. avadaniya]
lit. " (easily) spoken to," addressable, i. e. liberal,
bountiful, kind S 1.43 ; A 11.59, 61 sq. ; iv.271 sq., 285.
289, 322 ; Sn 487; Pv iv.i^\ 3". 10", 15'; VvA 281.
Vadannuta (f.) [abstr. fr. vadaiifiu] bounty, kindness. I
liberality ; neg. a° stinginess A v. 146, 148 sq. ; Vbh 371. j
Vadati [vad, Ved. vadati ; Dhtp 134 vada = vacana] to !
speak, say, tell A iv.79; Sn 1037, 1077 sq. ; Pug 42; j
PvA 13, 16, 39; Pot. r' sg. vade (so read for vado ?
M 258 ; i'* sg. vadeyya Pv 13' ; aor. y' pi. vadiQsu
FVA 4. — Cp. abhi". upa°, pa°. vi°. — Another form
{not Caus. : see Geiger. P.Gr. § 139') is vadeti D 1.36;
'
Vin in; Sn 825; Sn p. 140 (kig vadetha) ; J 1.294;
imper. vadehi PvA 62 ; Pot. med. i-' pi. vademase
D III. 197; fut. vadessati Sn 351; aor. vadesi DhA
III. 174. — A specific Pali formation is a Caus. vadiyati
in act. and med. sense (all forms only in GSthd style),
e. g. indie, vadiyati Sn 824=892. 832 ; expl"" as vadati
SnA 541, 542, orkathetibhanatietc (the t>'pical Niddesa
expl" of vadati: see Nd- 555) Nd" 161. In contracted
(& shortened) form Pot. 2'"'
you might tell, i. e. please tell
sg. vajjesi (*vadiyesi)
Pv 11. ii' (=vadeyyasi
PvA 149);
111.6' (same expl" p. 203). The other Pot.
forms from the same base are the foil. ; i" sg. vajjag
Th 2, 308: 2'"' sg. vajjasi Th 2, 307; J in. 272 ; vi.19;
and vajja Th 2. 3'*' 323 sg. ;
vajja Sn 971 (cp. Nd" 498)
J VI. 526 ( = vadeyyaC.) 3"* ; pi. vajjuij Sn 859 (=vadeyyur)
katheyyur) etc. Nd- 555); J v.221. — Caus. vadeti
to make sound, to play (a musical instrument) i J 293 ;
II. no. 254 (vadeyyama we might play); Ap 31 (aor.
vadesui)); PvA 151 (vinai) vadento). — Pass, vajjati
(*vadiyati)
bheriyo) ; Ap
to be played or sounded J 1.13 (vajjanti
31 (ppr. vajjamana & aor. vajjigsu).
Another form of ppr. med. (or Pass.) is vadana (being
called, so-called) which is found in poetry only (contracted
fr. vadamana) at Vin 1.36 = J 1.83. — pp. udita"
& vadita (q. v.). — Caus. II. vadapeti to cause to be
played Mhvs 25, 74 (turiyari).
Vadana (nt.) [fr. vad] speech, utterance VvA 345 (-(-kathana).
Vadana see vadati.
Vadaniya [another form of vadaiinu] see a°
Vadapana (nt.) [fr. vadapeti. Caus. II. of vadati] making
somebody speak or something sound DhsA 333 (we should
better read vad°).
Vaddalika (f.) [cp. late Sk. vardala & BSk. vardalika
MVastu III. 301 ; Divy 500] rainy weather Vin 1.3;
J DhA
VI. 52 (loc. vaddalike) ;
Vaddha' (adj.-n.) [pp. of vaddhati ;
in. 339; VbhA 109.
see also vaddha.
vuddha & vuddha. The root given by Dhtp (166) for
vrdh is vadh in meaning " vuddhi "] i. grown, old ; an
Elder ; venerable, respectable ; one who has authority.
At J 1.2 19 three kinds of vaddha are distinguished : one
by nature (jati°), one by age (vayo^), one by virtue
(guna°); J v. 140 ( = pannaya vuddha C). Usually
comb'' with apacayati to respect the aged, e. g. J 1.2 19
and in cpd. vaddh-apacayika respecting the elders or
those in authority J iv.94 ; and °apacayin id. Sn 325
(=vaddhanar) apaciti-karana SnA 332); Dh 109;
DhA 11.239 (=buddhatare gunavuddhe apacayamana).
Cp. jetth' apacayin. — 2. glad, joyful; in cpd, "bhuta
gladdened, cheerful J v.6.
Vaddha' (m. & nt.) [cp. Vedic vardhra in meaning " tape "]
a (leather) strap, thong J 11.154 (vv. 11. baddha, bandhana,
bandha, vafta). Occurs as ai]sa° shoulder strap at
Ap 310, where ed. prints baddha ( = baddha*).
-maya consisting of a strap, made of leather J it. 153.
Vaddliaka [vaddha -l-ka] in cpd. ar]sa° "shoulder strap"
should be the uniform reading for a series of diff. spellings
("vaftaka, "baddhaka, "bandhaka) at Vin 1.204
11.114; IV. 1 70. Cp. Geiger, Zeitschrift fitr Buddhismus
IV. 107.
Vaddhana (nt.) [fr. vrdh; see the usual vaddhana] increase,
furthering J III. 422 (kula°) ; Sdhp 247 (piti°), 307 (id.).
Vaddhava (nt.) [fr. vaddha' 2] joy, pleasure J v.6 (but
C. = pandita-bhava).
Vsddhavya(nt.) [fr. vaddha' I] (old)age J
bhava, mahallakata C).
Vaddhi in anta° at J 1.260 is to be read as vafti.
n.137 (= vuddha