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Vasalaka 63 Vassana
11.221 ; Sn 116, 136 ; J rv.388 ; SnA 183, — f. vasall outcaste,
wretched woman S :.i6o; J iv.121, 375; DhA
260.
1. 189 ; III. 1 19 ; IV. 162 ; VvA
-adhama = °dhamma Sn 135. -dhanuna vile conduct
J II. 1 80. -vada foul talk Ud 28; SnA 347. -sutta the
suttanta on outcasts Sn 116 sq. (p, 21 sq.). commented
on at SnA 174 sq., 289.
7asalaka [vasala+ka in more disparaging sense] = vasala
Sn p. 21.
Vasa' (f.) [Vedic vaSa ; cp. vS^ita; Lat. vacca cow] a cow
(neither in calf nor giving suck) Sn 26, 27 ;
SnA 49 (=adamita-vuddha-vacchaka).
Vasa^ (f.) [cp. Vedic vasa] fat, tallow, grease Sn 196;
Kh in. ; Pv 11.2' ; J 111.356 ; v.489 ; PvA 80 ; VbhA 67.
In detail at Vism 263, 361 ; VbhA 246.
Vaai° is the shortened form of vasi° (==vasa) in comb""
in
°ppatta one who has attained power, mastering : only
phrase ceto-vasippatta A 11. 6 ; 111.340 ; Miln 82 ; cp.
BSk. va^iprapta Divy 210, 546; — and °ppatti mastership,
mastery Vism 190 ^appana+).
Vasika (adj.) (-°) [fr. vasa, cp. Sk. vaSika] being in the
power of, subject to, as in kodha" a victim of anger
J 111.135 ; tanha under the influence of craving J IV.3 ;
matugaina° fond of women J 111.277.
Vasita [pp. of vasati^ dwelled, lived, spent Mhvs 20, 14.
Vasitar [n. ag. fr. vasita] one who abides, stays or lives (in),
a dweller ; fig. one who has a (regular) habit A 11.107=
Pug 43, cp. PugA 225. — vasita is given as " habit " at
Cpd. 58 sq., 207.
Yasin (adj.) [fr. vasa] having power (over), mastering, esp.
one's senses ; a master (over) Vin 111.93 ; D 118 (=cinnavasitatta
vasi DA 1.112); 111.29; Sn 372; Vism 154
(fivefold) ; Mhvs 1,13 (vasi vasi) ; Davs 1.16.
Vasima=vasin It 32 (ace. vasimai) ; v. 1. vasimai)),
Vaaf is the composition form of vasa in comb" with roots
k( and bhu, e. g. °kata made dependent, brought into
somebody's power, subject(ed) Th 2, 295 (= vasavattino
katva, pi.); Sn 154; cp. BSk. va§ilq-ta ptm 213. See
also vasagata. — "katva having overcome or subjected
Sn 561 (= attano vase vattetva SnA 455). Metricausftas
vasit) karitva at Sn 444. — °bhava state of having power,
mastery Nd^ 466 [balesu) ; Png 14 (in same passage, but
reading phalesu), expl* at PugA 189 (with v. 1. SS
balesu .') as " cinna-vasl-bhava " ; Kvu 608 (implies
balesu); Miln 170. Cp. BSk. bala-va^i-bhava MVastu
III. 379. See also ciijna. — "bhflta having become a
master (over), mastering S i 132 ; Miln 319 ; cp. MVjistu
1.47 & 399 vasibhuta. — The same change of vasa° to
vasi° we find in comb" vasippn.tta (vasi-t-ppatta), q. v.
under vasi".
Vara (nt.) [Vedic vasu good, cp. Gr. ivi good, Oir. flu
worthy, Goth, iusiza better] wealth ; only in cpds. "deva
the god of wealth, i. e. Krsna (Kanha) Miln 191 (as °deva
followers of K.) ; J v.326 (here in T. as adicco vasudevo
pabhankaro, expl"" in C. as vasudevo vasujotano, i. e.
an Ep. of the sun); Vism 233 (Vasudevo baladevo).
-°dhara (f.) (as vasun-dhara) the bearer of wealth, i. e.
the earth S l.ioo; A 111.34: J v.425 ; Vism 205, 366;
DA 1.61. -°dha id. J 1.25 ; Ap ; Vism 125.
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Vasnmant (adj.) [fr. vasu] having wealth, rich J vi.192.
Vana (m- & nt.) [cp. Vedic var?a (nt.) rain. For etym.
see vcissati'] i. rain, shower J iv.284 ; vi.486 (khanika
sudden rain); Miln 307; Mhvs 21, 31; DhA 111.163
(pokkhara" portentous) ; SnA 224 (maha° deluge of
rain) ; PvA 55 (vata° wind & rain). -— fig. shower, downpour,
fall M 1.130= Vin 11.25 (kahapaQa°) ; DhA 11.83
(kusuma°). — Esp. the rainy season, lasting roughly
from June to October (Asalha-Kattika), often called
" Lent," though the term does not strictly correspond.
Usually in pi. vassa (A iv.138), also termed vassa-ratta
' time of rains " (J iv.74 ; v. 38). Cp. BSk. var^a, e. g;
Divy 401, 509. — Keeping Lent (i. e. spending the rainy
season) is expressed by vassal) vasati Vin iii.io ; Mhvs
16, 8 ; or by vassa-vasai) (vass' avasari) vasati (see below),
vassarj upeti S v.152, vassar) upagacchati S v. 152 ;
PvA
42. One who has kept Lent or finished the residence
of the rains is a vuttha-vassa J 1.82 ; Mhvs 17, i ; or
vassag vuttha Vin iii.ii ; S 1.199 ; v.405 ; PvA 43. Cp.
BSk. vairs' osita Divy 92, 489. — Vassa-residence is
vassa-vasa (see below). — vassat] vasapeti (Cans.) to
induce someone to spend the rainy season PvA 20.
— anto-vassai) during Lent; cp. antovass' eka-divasag
one day during Lent Mhvs 18, 2 ; antara-vassai] id.
S iv.63. — 2. (nt.) a year A iv.252 (manusakani paiifiasa
vassani) ; Sn 289, 446, 1073. satta° (adj.) seven
years old Mhvs 5, 61 ; satta-attha° 7 or 8 years old
PvA 67. — See cpd. °sata. — 3. semen virile, viriUty :
see cpds. °kanuna & "vara.
-agga shelter from the rain, a shed (agga= agara)
1. J 123 ; DhA 111.105= VvA 75. -avasa vassa-residence
A III. 67. -avasika belonging to the spending of the
rainy season, said of food (bhatta) given for that purpose
J VI. 71 ; DhA 1. 129 (as one of the 4 kinds: salaka",
pakkhika", navacanda", vass'-avasika°), 298; iv.129
("labha a gift for the r. s.). -upagamana entering on the
vassa-residence PvA 42. -upanayika (f.) the approach
of the rainy season, commencement of Vassa residence
[BSk. varsopanayika Divy 18, 489; AvS 1.182, where
Ep. of the full moon of Asalha]. Two such terms for
taking up the residence : purimika & pacchimika A 1.51 ;
i. e. the day after the full moon of A. or a month after
that date. See upanayika. — vass' upanayika-divasa
the first day of Lent Vism 92 ; DhA iv.118 ; "iipanayikai)
khandhakar) the section of the Vinaya dealing
with the entrance upon Lent (i. e. Vin 1.137 sq.) Mhvs
16. 9. -odaka rain-water Vism 260 = VbhA 243.
-kamma causing virihty D 1.12 (= vasso ti puriso, vosso
ti pandako iti ; vossassa vassa-karanar) vassa-kammai),
vassassa vossa-karanar) vossa-kammai) DA 1.97). -kala
time for rain J iv.55. -dasa (& °dasaka) a decade of
years: see enum'' at J rv.397. -piigani innumerable
years J vi.532, cp. Sn 1073. -vara a eunuch J vi.502.
-valahaka a rain cloud A 111243 (°deva). -vassana
shedding of rain, raining DhA 11.83. -vasa Vassa resi-
dence S v.326; PvA 20. -vutthi rainfall SnA 34, cp.
224. -sata a century Sn 589, 804 ; A iv.138 ; Pv 11. i" ;
PvA 3, 60, 69. -satika centenarian Miln 301.
Vassati' [»T9.
varsati. vj-sate ;
Idg. *ners to wet, cp. Vedic
vfsa bull, varsa rain, vfsabha (P. usabha), Av. varsna
virile, Lat. verres boar ; Gr. dppt)v virile, (pari dew
with which root is connected *eres to flow : Sk. arsati,
rsabha buU, Lat. ros dew= Sk. rasa essence etc. —
Dhtm 471 gives " secana " as def"] to rain (intrs), fig.
to shower, pour(down) Vin 1.32 (mahamegho vassi) ;
S III. 14 1 (deve vassante) ; v. 396 (id.) ; Sn 30 (devassa
vassato, gen. sg. ppr.) ; PvA 6, 139, 287 ; Mhvs 21, 33 ;
DhA 11.83 (vassatu, imper. ; vassi, aor.) ; 265 (devo
vassanto nom. sg.). — Cp. kalena kalai) devo Vfsyate
Divy 71. — Cans. II. vassapeti to cause to rain J v.201
(Sakko devai) v. let the Sky shed rain). — pp. vatta,
vattha, vuttha. Another pp. of the Caus. 'vasseti is
vassita.
Vassati' [vai to bellow. Vedic vaSyate ; Dhtm 471 : " saddane
"] to utter a cry (of animals), to bellow, bark, to
bleat, to crow etc. S 11.230 ; J 1.436 (of a cock) ; 11.37,
153, 307; Iii.ii7; V1497 (ppr. vassamana= vasamana
C). — pp. vassita'.
Vassana^ (nt.) [fr. vassati'] raining, shedding (water)
DhA 11.83 (vassa°).