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Vaddheti 58 Vanin
Vaddheti [fr. vardh to cut, cp. vaddhaka & vaddhaki] to
cut off, is Kern's proposed reading (see Toev. s. v.) at
J VI. 52 7 (siro vaddhayitvana) for vajjheti (T. reading
vajjhayitvana).
Vadha [fr. vadh] striking, killing; slaughter, destruction,
execution D ni.176; A 11. 113; Pug 58; J 11.347; Miln
419 (°kata) ; DhA 1.69 (pana°+ pana-ghata), 80, 296
DhA 11. 39 ; VbhA 382. ^ vadhai) dadati to flog J iv.382.
— atta° self-destruction S 11.241 ; piti° parricide DA
1. 153 ; iniga° hunting J 1.149.
-bandhana flogging and binding (imprisoning). In
this connection vadh is given as a separate root at
Dhtp 172 & 384 in meaning " bandhana." See A 11.209 ;
V.206; Sn 242 (vadha-cheda-bandhana ; v. is expl"* at
SnA 285 as " sattanag daijd' adihi akotanan " i. e.
beating) 623 (=pothana SnA 467); J 1.435; iv.ii;
VbhA 97.
Vadhaka [fr. vadh] slaying, killing ; murderous ; a murderer
S III. 1 12 (in simile); iv.173 (id.); A iv.92 (id.); Th 2,
347; D III. 72 (°citta) ; KhA 27; VvA 72 ("cetana murderous
intention) ; Vism 230, 231 (in sim.) ; Sdhp 58. —
f. vadhika J v. 425 (pi. °ayo).
Vadhati [Vedic vadh; the root is given at Dhtp 169 in
meaning of " hiijsa "] to strike, punish ; kill, slaughter,
slay; imper. 2"^ pi. vadhetha Vism 314; get vadhitva
M 1. 159; D 1.98; J I.I2 ; IV.67; SnA 257 (higsitva-l- )
fut. vadhissati Mhvs 25, 62 ; aor. vadhi J 1.18 (cp. ud-abbadhi);
cond. i" sg. vadhissai) Miln 221. — grd.
vajjha: see a°. — Caus. vadheti J 1.168; Miln 109.
pp. vadhita.
Vadhita [pp. of vadheti] smitten Th i, 783 =M 11.73 -{not
with Kern, Toev. s. v. = vyathita).
Vadhnka (f.) [fr. vadhu] a daughter-in-law, a young wife
A 11.78; DhA III. 260.
Vadhu (f.) [Ved. vadhu ; to Lith. vedii to lead into one's
house] a daughter-in-law VvA 123.
Vana' (nt.) [Ved. vana. — The P. (edifying) etym9logy
clearly takes vana as belonging to van, and, dogmatically,
equals it with vana^ as an allegorical expression
("jungle") to tanha (e. g. DhsA 364 on Dhs 1059;
DhA 111.424 on Dh 283). — The Dhtp (174) & Dhtm
(254) define it " sambhattiyar)," i. e. as meaning companionship]
the forest ; wood ; as a place of pleasure &
sport (" wood "), as well as of danger & frightfulness
("jungle"), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its
loneliness (" forest ").
Of (fanciful) def" of vana may
be mentioned : SnA 24 (vanute vanoti ti vanag) ; KhA
III (vanayati ti vanai)) ; DhsA 364 (tag tag arammanag
vanati bhajati alliyati ti vanag, yacati va ti vanag
[i. e. vana^]. vanatho ti vyanjanena padag vaddhitag
111.424 (mahanta
. . . balava-tanhay'etag nama) ; DhA
rukkha vanag nama, khuddaka tasmig vane thitatta
vanatha nama etc., with further distinguishing detail,
concerning the allegorical meanings). — D 11.256 (bhikkhiinag
samitig vanag); A 1.35, 37; Dh 283 (also as
vana^) ; Sn 272, 562 (siho nadati vane), 1015 (id.), 684
(Isivhaya v.); Sn p. 18 (Jetavana), p. 115 (Icchahangala)
; Th 2, 147 (Anjanavana ; a wood near Saketa,
with a vihara) ; J v.37 (here meaning beds of lotuses)
Miln 219 (vanag sodheti to clear a jungle); Dhs 1059
(" jungle " = tanha); Pv 11.6^ (araniia°-gocara) ; Vism
424 (Nandana° etc.) ; DhA iv.53 (tanha° the jungle of
lust). Characterized as amba° mango grove D 11. 126
and passim; ambataka" plum grove Vin 11.17; uduin-
bara of figs DhA 1.284 ; tapo° forest of ascetics ThA 136 ;
DhA iv.53 ; naga" elephant forest M 1.175 ; braha wild
forest A 1.152; 111.44; Vv 63'; J v.215; rnaha" great
forest Th 2, 373 (rahitag A- bhigsanakag). — vanatarag
(\vith compar. suffix) thicker jungle, denser forest Miln
269 (vanato vanatarag pavisama). — On similes see
JJ>.T.S. 1907. 133. Cp. vi°.
-anta the border of the forest, the forest itself Sn 708,
11.3^° (= vana C). -kammika one who works in
709 ; Pv
the woods J iv.210 (°purisa) ; v. 427, 429. -gahana
jungle thicket Vism 647 (in simile), -gumba a dense
cluster of trees Vv 81' (cp. VvA 315). -caraka a forester
SnA 51 (in simile), -cetya a shrine in the wood J v.255.
-timira forest darkness ; in metaphor °matt-akkhin at
J
iv.285 = v.284, which Kern (Toev. s. v.) changes into
°patt-akkhin, i. e. with eyes like the leaves of the forest
darkness. Kern compares Sk. vanajapattr'ak§5 Mbh
1.171, 43, and vanaj^-loftana Avad. Kalp. 3, 137. The
Cy. expl"' are " vana-timira-puppha-saman' akkhl,"
and " giri-kannika-samana-netta " ; thus taking it as
name of the plant Clitoria tematea. -dahaka (& °dahana)
burning the forest (aggi) KhA 21 (in simile).
-devata forest deva S iv.302. -ppagumba a forest grove
VbhA 196. -ppati (& vanaspati) [cp. Vedic vanaspati,
Prk. vanapphai] " lord of the forest," a forest tree ; as
vanappati only at Vin 111.47 ; otherwise vanaspati, e. g.
S IV. 302 (osadhl-h tina-t- v. ; opposed to herbs, as in
R.V.); A 1. 152 ; J 1.329; iv.233 (tina-lata-vanaspatiyo) ;
DhA 1.3. -pattha a forest jungle D 1.71 ; 111.38, 49, 195 ;
M 1. 16, 104; Vin 11.146; A 1.60; 111.138 (aranna°)
Pug 59, 68 ; DA 1.210. -pantha a jungle road A 1.241.
-bhanga gleanings of the wood, i. e. presents of wild
fruit & flowers A iv.197. -mula a wild root D 1.166
(-1- phala) ; A 1.241 (id.) ; Miln 278. -rati delight in the
forest DhA 11.100. -vannana praise of the jungle
DhA II. 100. -vasin forest-dweller SnA 56 (Maha-tissatthera).
-sanda jungle-thicket, dense jungle D 1.87,
117; S III. 109 (tibba v. avijjaya adhivacana) ; A 111.30 ;
1.82, 170 ; 1. 313 ; ii.ioo.
J DhA
Vana" (nt.) [van; vanati & vanoti to desire=Av. vanaiti
Lat. venus, Ohg. wini friend ( : E. winsome, attractive)
wunsc = E. wish, giwon = E. wont ; also " to win." The
spelling sometimes is vap : see vani. — The def" at Dhtp
523 is " yacane " (i. e. from begging), at Dhtm 736
" yacayag "] lust, desire. In exegetical literature mixed
up with vana' (see definitions of vana'). — The word to
the Pali Buddhist forms a connection between vana and
nibbana, which is felt as a quasi derivation fr. nibbana =
nis-H vana ; see nibbana & cp. nibbana II. B 1. — S 1.180
(so 'hag vane nibbanatho visallo) ; Sn
1131 (nibbana);
Dh 334; Th I, 691 (vana nibbanag agatag). — A
Denom. fr. vana^ is vanayati (like vaniyati fr. vani).
Vanaka (-) (adj.) [fr. vana'] belonging to the forest, forestlike
; adj. in cpd. ku° (kubbanaka, q. v.) brushwood
Sn 1 1 34.
Vanati, Vannte, Vanoti [van ; Sk. vanoti & vanute. See
also vana-, vani, vaneti] to desire, love, wish, aim at,
ask for SnA 24 (vanute & vanoti) ; DhsA 364 (vanati,
bhajati, alliyati). Caus. vanayati KhA iii.
Vanatha [vana-i- tha ; same in BSk. e. g. MVastu 1.204]
underwood, brushwood, thicket. Does not occur in lit.
meaning, except in exegesis of Dh 283 at DhA 111.424;
q. V. under vana'. Another def" is given at SnA 24:
" tanha pariyutthana-vasena vanag tanoti ti vanatho,
tanh' anusayass' etag adhivacanag." -^ The fig. meaning
is " lust, desire," see e. g. S 1.186 ; Th i, 338 ; Dh 344
Sn 16 (°ja); Dhs 1059 (as epithet of tapha) ; J 11.205
(vanathag na kayira) ; Nett 81, 82 . — nibbanatha free
from desire S 1.180 ; DhsA 364.
Vanayati [Denom. fr. vana=, cp, vanayati] to desire, wish,
covet, to hanker after M 1,260; S in. 190. See also
alliyati.
Vanika= vanaka; only in cpd. naga° one belonging to the
elephant forest, i e. an elephant-hunter M 1.175 ; in. 132.
Vanin (adj.-n.) [either fr. Sk. vani (=P. vapi) in meaning
" begging," or poetical abbreviation of vanibbin] poor,
begging ; one who asks (for alms) or begs, a mendicant
J VI. 232 (=vanibbaka C).