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Vivekatta 97 Visattika
patippassaddhi", nissaraija" ; as threefold at Vism 140,
viz. kaya°, citta°, vikkhambhana°, i. e. ph^'sically,
mentally, ethically ;
which division amounts to the same
as that given at Nd' 26 with kaya°, citta°. upadhi".
the latter equivalent to " nibbana." Cp. on term
Dial. 1.84. See also jhana. Cp. pa°.
Vivekatta = vivlttata VbhA 316.
Vivecitatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. vivecita, pp. of viveceti] discrimination,
specification DhsA 388.
Viveceti [Caus. of viviccati] to cause separation, to separate,
to keep back, dis.suade Vin 1.64; D 1.226; S in. no;
M. 1.256; Pv in. 10' ( =paribaheti P\'A 214); Miln 339;
DhsA 311 ; Nett 113, 164 (°iyamana).
Vive(hiyati [vi + vethiyati] to get entangled Vin 11. 117.
Vivesa [?] distinction D 1.229. 233. We should read
visesa, cis printed on p. 233.
vis poison, Gr. io^, Lat.
Visa (nt.) [cp. Vedic visa ; Av,
virus, Oir. fi : all meaning "poison"] poison, virus,
venom M 1.316 =S 11. no ; Th i, 418 ; 768 ; Sn i (sappa°
snake venom) ; A 11. no ; J 1.2 71 {halahala° deadly p.)
III. 201 ; IV. 222 ; Pug 48 ; Miln 302 ; PvA 62, 256 ; ThA
489. — On visa in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 137. Cp.
asi°.
-uggara vomiting of poison SnA 176. -kantaka a
poisoned thorn or arrow, also name of a sort of sugar
DhsA 203. -kumbha a vessel filled with p. It 86.
-panaka a drink of p. DhA 11. 15. -pita (an arrow)
dipped into poison (lit. which has drunk poison). At
another place (see pita') we have suggested reading
visappita (visa + appita). i. e. " poison -applied," which
was based on reading at Vism 303. See e. g. J
v. 36 ;
Miln 198; Vism 303, 381 ; DhA 1.216. -rukkha " poison
tree," a cert, tree Vism 512 ; VbhA
89; DA 1.39. -vanijja
trading with poison A in. 208. -vtjja science of
poison DA 1.93. —vejja a physician who cures poison (ous
snake-bites) J 1.3 10. -salla a poisoned arrow Vism 303.
Visag is P. prefix corresponding to Sk. vi?u (or visva"
[see vi"] in meaning "diverging, on opposite sides,")
apart, against ; only in cpd. °vadeti and derivations, lit.
to speak wrong, i. e. to deceive.
Visagyutta (& visanflutta) (adj.) [vi-i-sagyutta] i. (lit.)
unharnessed, unyoked Th i, 1021 (half-fig.). — 2. detached
from the world A 1.262=111.214; S 11.279 (nii)
Th I, 1022 ; Sn62i, 626, 634; DhAiii.233 (sabba-yoga°)
rv.141, 159, 185.
Visagyoga (& visafifioga) [vi -l- sagyoga] disconnection,
separation from (-°),, dissociation Vin 11.259 {nn)=A
IV.280 ; D 111.230 (kama-yoga°, bhava", ditthi", avijja";
cp. the 4 oghas), 276; A 11. 11 ; 111.156.
Visag vada [visag -(- vada] deceiving; neg. a° Miln 354.
Visag vadaka (adj.) [visag -t- vadaka] deceiving, untrust-
worthy Vism 496 ;f.°ika J v. 401, 410. —^
D III. 1 70 ; A
IV. 249; M 111.33; Pug 57.
a° not deceiving
Visagvadana (nt.) & °a (f.) & "ata (f.) [fr. visagvadeti]
deceiving, disappointing A v. 136 (°a) ; Vin iv.2. — a°
honesty D 111.190 (°ata).
Visagvadayitar [n. ag. fr visagvadeti] one who deceives
another D 111.171.
Visagvadeti [visag + vadeti ; cp. BSk. visagvadayati
Av§ 1.262, after the Pali] to deceive with words, to
break one's word, to lie, deceive Vin 111.143; iv.i ;
Nett 91 .
— Neg. a° J v. 124.
VisagsaHlut (adj.) [vi-l-sagsattha] separated, unconnected
with (instr.) M 1.480 ; DA 1.59.
Visaghata [vi -1- saghata'] removed, destroyed Th i, 89.
Visakkiya [vi-i-sakldya ?] in "duta is a special kind of
messenger Vin 111.74.
Visaggata see a°.
Visanka (adj.) [vi + sanka; Sk. vi^anka] fearless, secure;
a° Sdhp 176.
Visankita (adj.) [pp. of vi-i-Sank] suspicious, anxious
ThA 134 (Ap. V. 78). — neg. a° not perturbed, trusting,
secure Sdhp 128.
Visankhara [vi + sankhara] divestment of all material things
Dh 154 (=nibbana DhA 111.129). See sankhara 3.
Visankhita [vi -1- sankhata] destroyed, annihilated Dh
154; J 1.493 (=viddhar)sita DhA 111.129).
Visaijati [vi-i-sajjati. Pass, of sanj ; the regular Act. would
be visajati] to hang on, cling to, stick to, adhere (fig.)
only in pp. visatta (q. v.). — The apparent ger. form
visajja belongs to vissajjati.
Visajjana cS: visajjeti : see viss°.
Visaina (adj.) [vi-fsaiiiia=saiina] i. having wrong perceptions
Sn 874. — 2. unconscious J v. 159. In composition
with bhu as visaiiiii-bhuta at J 1.67.
Visanfiin (adj.) [vi-l-sannin] unconscious, one who has lost
consciousness ; also in meaning " of unsound mind "
( = ummattaka Nd' 279) A n.52 (khitta-citta-l- ) ; Miln
220 ;
Sdhp 117.
Visata & visata [pp. of vi-f sr, Sk. visrta] spread, difiused,
wide, broad D 111.167 (!): Sn i (T. rea'is t, v. 1. BB has
!); J 11.439; IV. 499 (t) ; Miln 221, 354 (t ; 4-vitthata),
357. Cp. anu°.
Visata & visata (f.) [abrh. formation fr. vi-(-safij, spelling
t for tt : see visatta. The writing of MSS. concerning
t in these words is very confused] " hanging on," clinging,
attachment. The word seems to be a quasi-short
form of visattika. Thus at Sn 715 ( =tanha C. ; spelling
t) ; Dhs 1059 (trsl° " diffusion," i. e. fr. vi-t-sy; spelling
t)=Nd'' s. V. tanhci (spelt with t).
Visattha see vissa^tha.
Visatthi (1) [for vissatthi, fr. vi-fsTJ] ' emission; in
sukka° emission of semen Vin 11.38; in. 112 ; Kvu 163.
— 2. Tisatthi at S in. 133 and A iv.52 (T. visatthi)
probably stands for visatti in meaning " longing,"
clinging to (cp. BSk. vi^akti Av§ 11.191), or " love for "
(loc).
Visati [vii, cp. vi5 dwelling-place, veia ; Gr. oJicoc house,
iiik-iui to dwell; Lat. vicus, Goth. weihs=E. °wick in
Warwick, etc.] to enter, only in comb" with prefixes,
like upa°, pa", pari", sag°, abhisag", etc.
vesma (house).
. . . See also
Visatta [pp. of visajjati] hanging on (fig.), sticking or
clinging to, entangled in (loc.) A 11.25; Sn 38, 272;
Nd' 597; J n.i46;iii.24i,
Visattika (f.) [visatta -l-ika, abstr. formation] clinging to,
adhering, attachment (to=loc.), sinful bent, lust, desire.
— It is almost invariably found as a syn. of tanha. P.
Commentators explain it with ref. cither to visata
(difiused), or to visa (poison). These are of course only
exegetical edifying etymologies. Cp. Dhs. trsl' § 1059 ;
Expositor n.468; Brethren 213 n. 3, K.S. 1.2, n. 6, and
the varied exegesis of the term in the Niddesas. —
S I.I, 24, 35, 107, no ; A 11. 211 ; iv,434 ; Sn 333, 768,
857, 1053 sq. ; Th i, 519; Nd' 8 sq., 247; Nd* 598;
DhA III. 198; iv.43 ; DhsA 364; Nett 24; Dhs 1059.