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Vinneyya 78 Vitta
Vinneyya (adj.) [grd. of vijanati] to be recognized or
apperceived (of the sense objects : cakkhu-vinneyya
rupa, etc.) D 1.245 ; M 111.291 ; A in. 377 ; iv.404 sq., ' Vitakketi
415,
J430 ;
Nd' 24. — su° easily understood VvA 258.
Vitapa [cp. Epic Sk. vitapa] the fork of a tree, a branch
J I.i6g, 215, 222 ; 111.28 ; VI. 177 (nigrodha°).
Vi(apin [vitapa + in] a tree, lit. " having branches " J vi.178.
Vitabtu (f.) [= Sk. vitapin] the fork of a tree M 1.306;
J II. 107 ; III. 203.
" initial
Vitakka [vi + takka] reflection, thought, thinking ;
application" (Cpd. 282). — Def as " vitakkanar)
vitakko, uhanan ti vuttai) hoti " at Vism 142 (with
simile on p. 143, comparing vitakka with vicara
kumbhakarassa danda-ppaharena cakkaij bhamayitva,
bhajanag karontassa uppilana-hattho viya vitakko (like
the hand holding the wheel tight), ito c' ito sancaranahattho
viya vicaro : giving vitakka the characteristic
of fixity & steadiness, vicara that of movement &
display). — D 11.277 (" pre-occupation " trsl" : see note
Dial. II. 311); III. 104, 222, 287 (eight Mahapurisa") ;
M 1. 1 14 (dvidha-kato v.), 377; S 1.39, 126, 186, 203;
II. 153; IV. 69, 216; A 11.36; 111.87 (dhamma°) ; iv.229
(Mahapurisa"), 353 ("upaccheda) ; Sn 7, 270 sq., 970,
1 109 ; J 1.407 (Buddha°, Sangha", Nibbana") ; Nd' 386,
493, 501 (nine); Nd^ s. v. takka ; Ps 1.36, 136, 178;
Pv III. 5* ; Pug 59, 68 ; Vbh 86, 104 (rijpa°, sadda" etc.),
228 (sa°), 362 (akusala") ; Dhs 7, 160, 1268; Tikp 61,
333. 353 ; Vism 291 ("upaccheda) ; Miln 82, 309 ; DhsA
142 ; DhA IV. 68 ; VbhA 490 ; PvA 226, 230. ^kama°,
vihigsa", vyapada" (sensual, malign, cruel thought) :
D III. 226 ; S11.151 sq. ; 111.93 ; A1.148, 2 74sq. ; n.16, 117,
252 ; III. 390, 428. Opp. nekkhamma", avyapada°,
avihit]sa° A 1275; 11.76; 111.429. — vitakka is often
comb"* with vicara or " initial & sustained appUcation "
" "
reflection & investigation
Mrs. Rh. D. ; Cpd. 282 ;
Rh. D. ; to denote the whole of the mental process of
thinking (viz. fixing one's attention and reasoning out,
or as Cpd. 17 expl' it " vitakka is the directing of concomitant
properties towards the object ; vicara is the
continued exercise of the mind on that object." See
also above def° at Vism 142). Both are properties of
the first jhana (called sa-vitakka sa-vicara) but are
discarded in the second jhana (called a°). See e. g.
D. 1.37 ; S IV. 360 sq. ; A iv.300 ; Vin 111.4 ; Vism 85 ;
and formula of jhana. The same of piti & samadhi at
Vbh 228, of pafiAa at Vbh 323. The same comb"
(vitakka + vicara) at foil, passages: D 111.219 (of samadhi
which is either sa°, or a°, or avitakka vicara-matta) ;
S IV. 193 ; v.iii ; A iv.409 sq., 450 ; Nett 16 ; Miln 60,
62 ; Vism 453. Cp. rupa- (sadda- etc.) vitakka+rupa-
(sadda- etc.) vicara A iv.147; v.360 ; Vbh 103. — On
term (also with vicara) see further : Cpd. 40, 56, 98,
238 sq., 282 (on difference! between v. & manasikara) ;
Expos. 1.188° ;
Kvu trsl" 238^ — Cp. pa°, pari°.
Note. Looking at the comb" vitakka -H vicara in earlier
and later works one comes to the conclusion that they
were once used to denote one & the same thing : just
thought, thinking, only in an emphatic way (as they are
also semantically synonymous) , and that one has to take
them as one expression, like janati passati, without being
able to state their difference. With the advance in the
Sangha of intensive study of terminology they became
distinguished mutually. Vitakka became the inception
of mind, or attending, and was no longer applied, as in
the Suttas, to thinking in general. The expl"" of
Commentators are mostly of an edifying nature and
based more on popular etymology than on natural
psychological grounds.
Vitakkana (nt.)= vitakka Vism 142.
Vitakkita [pp. of vitakketi] reflected, reasoned, argued
DA 1. 12 1. Cp. pari".
[Denom. fr. vitakka] to reflect, reason, consider
S 1. 197, 202 ; IV. 169 ; V.156 ; A
vitakkita.
11.36 ; Miln 311. —• pp.
Vitacchika at S 11.99= iv.188 read vitaccika (q. v.).
Vitacchika .(f.) [cp. *Sk. (medical) vicarcika] scabies
Nd^ 304' (as roga).
Vitacchita [pp. of vitaccheti] planed, smoothed ; su° well
carded (of a civara) Vin 111.259.
Vitaccheti [vi -f- taccheti] i . tear, pluck, pick to pieces ; in
simile M 1.364 (-1- virajeti)= S 11.255 (reads vibhajeti for
virajeti)= Vin in. 105 (id.). — 2. to smoothe : see pp.
vitacchita.
Vita94a (f) [cp- Epic Sk. vitanda, e. g. Mbh 2, 1310; 7,
3022] tricky disputation, frivolous or captious discussion;
in cpds. vitanda": °vada sophistry SnA 447;
DA 1.247 ; °vadin a sophist, arguer DhsA 3 (so read for
vidaddha) ; VbhA 9, 51, 319, 459. See lokayata.
Vitata [pp. of vitanoti] stretched, extended, diffused
S 1.207; Sn 272, 669 (v. 1. vitthata) ; J 1.356 (tanta°
where the strings were stretched) ; Miln 102, 307 ; Mhvs
17, 31 (vallihi V.) — nt. vitata a drum (with leather on
both sides) VvA 37.
Vitatha (adj.) [vi + tatha; cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vitatha]
untrue ; nt. untruth D 11.73 (°a hi Tathagata vitathag
bhananti) ; Sn g sq. ; Vv 53'^ (=atatha, musa ti attho
VvA 240) ; J v. 1 12 ; V1.207 ; Ps 104 ; DA 1.62. — avitatha
true S 11.26 ; v.430 ; Miln 184 ; Sdhp 530 ; DA
1.65.
Vitanoti (*vitanati) [vi + tanoti] to stretch out, spread
out; poet. ger. vitanitvana J vi.453. — Pass, vitaniyyati
ibid. — pp. vitata. Cp. vitana.
Vitarava (nt.) [fr. vitarati] overcoming, getting through
M 1. 147 (kankha°) ; Miln 233 (id.), 351 ; Sdhp 569.
Vitarati [vi -1- tarati] i . to go through, come through, overcome
Sn 495, 779 (ger. °eyya, taken as Pot. at Nd^ 57 :
oghar) samatikkameyya), 941, 1052 ; Pv iii.2< (vitaritva
= vitinno hutva PvA 181, q. v. for detail).-— 2. to
perform 11. J 14 (bubhukkhito no vitarasi bhottui) ;
visahami). — pp. vitinna.
v. 1.
Vitana (m. & nt.) [fr. vi-)-tan] spread-out, canopy, awning
1.40, 62, 83 ; 32,
Vin IV. 279 ; J DhA 11.42 ; SnA 447 ; VvA
173 ; PvA 154. See also cela°.
or having overcome,
Vitimia [pp. of vitarati] i . overcome
gone through, conquered Dh 141 (°kankha) ; Sn 514 (id.),
746; PvA 181. — -2. given up, rejected, abandoned
Dh 176 (°paraloka) ; J iv.447 (= pariccatta C).
Vitudati [vi + tudati] to strike, prick, nudge, knock, push,
attack D 1.105 ' S iv.225 ; A 111.366 ; Sn 675 ; Ud 67
J II. 163. 185. — Pass, vitujjati Vism 505; VbhA 104,
108. — pp. vitunna.
Vitunna [pp. of vitudati] struck, pricked, pushed J in. 380.
Vitureyyati at J v.47 is not clear. The v. 1. is vitariyati
the C. expl» by tuleti tireti, i. e. contemplates, examines.
Kern, Toev. s. v. discusses it in detail & proposes writing
vituriyata (3"' sg. praet. med.), & expl» at " get over "
[cp. Vedic turyati overcome, fr. tuT or tvar= P. tarati^].
Dutoit trsl" " uberstieg."
Vitta' [orig. pp. of vindati= Av. vista, Gr. aiirroc, Lat.
visus ; lit. one who has found, acquired or recognized ;
but already in Vedic meaning (as nt.) " acquired possessions
"] property, wealth, possessions, luxuries
S 1.42 ; Sn 181 sq., 302 ; J v. 350, 445 ; vi.308 ; Pv 11.8'
(= vittiya upakarana-bhutar) vittai) PvA 106). — Often
in phrase °\ipakarana possessions & means, i. e. wealth.