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Vavakattha 62 Vasala
Vavaka^ha [pp. of vavakassati] drawn away, alienated
withdrawn, secluded DhA 11. 103 (°kaya).
Vavakassati [v -1- ava f kf?, would correspond to Sk. vyavakfjyate,
Pass] to be drawn away, to be distracted or
alienated (from) ; so is to be read at all passages, where
it is either comb'' with avakassati or stands by itself.
The readings are : Vin 11.204 (apakasanti avapakasanti)
= A V.74 (avakassanti vavakassanti) ; A 111.145 (bhikkhu
n' alag sanghamha 'vapakasitui) : read vavakasitug or
"kassitug), 393 (vapakassaf eva Satthara, vapakassati
garutthaniyehi). See also apakasati, avakassati, avapakasati.
— pp. vavakattha.
Vavakkhati see vatti.
Vavatthapeti & °((hapeti [Caus. of vi+ava+stha] to
determine, fix, settle, define, designate, point out J iv.17
(disag "tthapetva getting his bearings) ; Vbh 193 sq.
Vism 182; SnA 67; KhA 11, 42, 89; VvA 220. — ppr.
Pass, vavatthapiyamana DhA 1.21, 35. — pp. vavatthita
& vavatthapita.
Vavatthaaa (nt.) [fr. vi+avafstha; cp. late Sk. vyavasthana
which occurs in Ep. Sk. in meaning " stay "]
determination, resolution, arrangement, fixing, analysis
Ps 1.53; Vin iv.289; Vism iii, 236 (=nimitta), 347
(def°); Miln 136; KhA 23.
Vavatthapita [pp. of vavatthapeti] arranged, settled,
established Miln 345 (su°).
Vavatthita [pp. of vi + avafstha, cp. vavatthapeti & late
Sk. vyavasthita "determination"] i. entered on,
arranged, fixed, determined, settled M 111.25 ; DhsA 36.
— 2. separated (opp. sambhinna) Vin 11.67 ^1-
Vavattheti [unusual pres. (Med. -Pass.) formation fr. vi +
ava + stha, formed perhaps after vavatthita] to be
determined or analysed Ps 1.53, 76, 84.
Vavassagga [vi-l-ava+srj; Sk. vyavasarga] "letting go,"
i. e. starting on something, endeavouring, resolution
A 1.36 ; J VI. 188 (handa ti vavassagg' atthe nipato) ; DA
1.237 (bere handa is expH as vavasay* atthe nipato). —
Kern, Toev. s. v. wrongly " consent."
Vasa (m. & nt.) [cp. Vedic vasa ; vat to be eager, to desire]
power, authority, control, influence S 1.43, 240 (kodho
vo veisam ayatu : shall be in your power; vasa=aijapavattana
K.S. 1.320); M 1.214 (bhikkhu cittag vasag
vatteti, no ca cittassa vasena vattati : he brings the
heart under his control, but is not under the influence of |
the heart) ; Sn 297, 315, 578, 586, 9O8 ; Sdhp 264. —The
instr. vasena is used as an adv. in meaning " on account
of, because " e. g. mahaggha-vasena maharaha " costly
on account of its great worth " PvA 77 ; cp. J 1.94
PvA 36 (putta°) ; Mhvs 33, 92 (patisanthara°). — Freq.
in phrase vase (loc.) vattati to be in somebody's power
J v.3i6 (te vase vattati), cp. M 1.2 14
(cittassa vasena
vattati) & 231 (vatteti te tasmig vaso have you power
over that ?) ; trs. vase vatteti to get under control, to
get into one's power J iv.4i5 (attano vase vattetva)
v. 316 (rajano attano v. v.); DhA ti.14 (rajanag attano
v. v.), cp. M 1.2
1 4 {vasan vatteti) & PvA 89 (vasay
vattento). — Note. The comp° form in connection with
kj and bhu is vasi° (q. v.).
-dnuga being in somebody's power, dependent, subjected,
obedient Sn 332, 1095; J 111.224 (=vasavattin
C); Th 2, 375 (=kinkara-patissavin ThA 252); Sdhp
249. -4nuvattin id. ; f. °ini obedient, obliging (to one's
husband) Vv 31'. -uttama highest authority, greatest
ideal Sn 274. -gata being in someone's power J v.453
(narinag) ; cp. vasi-kata. -vattaka wielding power
Sdhp 483 (°ika) ; a" having no free will PvA 64. -vattana
wielding power,
-vattin — ;. (act., i. e.
(having) authority Miln 356.
vatteti) having highest power,
domineering, autocrat, (all-)mighty ; fig. having self-
mastery, controlling one's senses D 1.247; 11.261; A
11.24; It 122 ; Th 2. 37; Pv 11.3''; Miln 253; DA i.iii,
114, 121 ; SnA 133 ("bhavana). — 2. (pass. ; i. e. vattati)
being in one's power, dependent, subject J 111.224
V.316; ThA 226 (read vattino for "vattito !).
Vasati' [vas' ; to Idg. *nes, cp. Gr. fVi/n/ii to clothe, Sk.
vasman cover, Goth, wasjan clothe, wasti dress ; Lat.
vestis = E. vest etc.; Dhtp 628 (& Dhtm 870): acchadane]
to clothe, pp. vuttha'. Caus. vaseti : see ni".
See also vasana^ & vasana"^.
Vasati- [vas- ; Idg. *aes to stay, abide ; cp. Av. varahaiti :.^
Lat. Vesta the goddess of the hearth = Gr. ion a hearth ; ^ "
Goth, wisan to stay, remain, be = ( Ohg. wesan, E. was,
were) ; Oicel. vist to stay, Oir. foss rest. — Dhtm 470 :
kanti-nivasesu] to live, dwell, stay, abide ; to spend time
(esp. with vassag the rainy season) ; trs. to keep, observe,
live, practise Sn 469 sq., 1088 (=sagvasati avasati parivasati
Nd- 558); PvA 3, 12, 78 (imper. vasatha).
uposathag vasag (ppr.) keeping the Sunday J vi.232 ;
brahmacariyag v. to live a chaste life M 1.515 (cp. same
expression Ait. Br. 5, 13; 6at. Br. 12, 2, 2 ; 13, 8. 22).
— ppr. vasanto PvA 75, 76 ppr. med. ; vasamana
J
Pv 11.9' (ghare), & vase Miln 372. — aor. vasi Sn 977;
J tv.317 (piya-sagvasag) ; PvA iii; Mhvs i, 13 (vasi
vasi); 5, 229. — ger. vasitva J 1.278; 1V.317; PvA 13;
grd. vasitabba Sn 678 ; PvA 42 ; & vatthabba Mhvs 3,
1. 21, 236. 291; PvA 117; Pot. vaseyya M 1.515
12 ; inf. vatthug Th 2, 414, & vasitug PvA 12, 1 12. Fut.
vasissati [=Sk. vasisyati] Mhvs 14, 26; PvA 12; and
(older) vacchati [=Sk. vatsyati] Vin 1.60; Th 2, 294;
J IV. 217; 1=' sg. vacchami J v. 467 (na te v. santike);
VI. 523, 524, & vacchag Th 2, 414. — Pass, vussati [Sk.
u^yate] M 1.147 (brahmacariyag v.). — pp. vasita,.i