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Vaṭṭa Vaḍḍhati

vatta — paṭivatta. — (2) saṁsāra in ascending and descending little ball").
lines, evolution ("involution") and devolution, or one round
Vaṭṭi (f.) [represents both Epic Sk. varti and vṛtti, differ-
of transmigration and the other. It is dogmatically defined at
entiated derivations from vṛt, combining the meanings of
Nett 113 as "vaṭṭaṁ saṁsāro vivaṭṭaṁ nibbānaṁ" (similarly,
"turning, rolling" and "encircling, round"] 1. a wick S
opposed to vaṭṭa at DA i.126) which is however not the general
ii.86=iii.126=iv.213; J i.243 (dīpa°); DhA 393; ThA 72 (Ap.
meaning, the vivaṭṭa not necessarily meaning a nibbāna stage.
v.45: nom. pl. vaṭṭīni); Mhvs 32, 37; 34, 35. — 2. enclo-
See SnA 106 (quoted above); VvA 68. We have so far not
sure, lining, film, skin Vism 258 (anta° entrails), 262 (udara°);
found any passage where it might be interpreted in the com-
J i.260 (anta°, so read for °vaddhi). — 3. edge, rim, brim,
prehensive sense as meaning "the total round of existences,
cireumference Vin ii.120 (aggala° of the door), 148 (id.); S
" after the fashion of cpds. like bhavâbhava. -loha "round
iii.141 (patta° of a vase or bowl); iv.168 (id.); DhA ii.124
metal" (?), one of the 3 kittima-lohāni mentioned at VbhA 63
(nemi°). Often as mukha-vaṭṭi outer rim, border, lining, e.
(kaṁsa°, vaṭṭa°, ārakūṭa); also at Miln 267 (with kāḷa°, tamba° g. cakkavāḷa° J i.64, 72; DhA i.319; iii.209; patt° J v.38;
n
& kaṁsa°, where in the trsl Rh. D. does not give a def. expl n
pāsāda° DhsA 107. — 4. strip, fringe Vin ii.266 (dussa°);
of the word).
J v.73 (camma°); Mhvs 11, 15. — 5. a sheath, bag, pod J
2
Vaṭṭa ("rained"): see abhivaṭṭa and vaṭṭha (vuṭṭha); otherwise iii.366 (tiṇa°); Mhvs 26, 17 (marica° red pepper pod); DhA
only at DhA ii.265. iv.203 (reṇu°). — 6. a lump, ball DhA iii.117 (pubba°, of
matter). — 7. rolling forth or along, a gush (of water), pour J
Vaṭṭaka (nt.) [fr. vṛt, or P. vaṭṭa] a cart, in haṭṭha° handcart Vin
i.109 (or to vṛṣ?).
ii.276.
Vaṭṭikā (f.) [vaṭṭi+kā, cp. Class. Sk. vartikā] 1. a wick Mhvs
Vaṭṭakā (f.) (& vaṭṭaka°) [cp. Sk. vartakā & Ved. vartikā] the
30, 94. — 2. a brim Mhvs 18, 28. — 3. a pod Mhvs 26, 16
quail M iii.159 sq.; J i.172, 208 (vaṭṭaka — luddaka); iii.312;
(marica°).
DhA iii.175 (loc. pl. vaṭṭakesu). — The Vaṭṭaka-jātaka at J
i.208 sq. (cp. J v.414). Vaṭṭin (—°) (adj.) in muṇḍa° porter (?) is not clear. It is a der n
fr. vaṭṭi in one or the other of its meanings. Found only at
Vaṭṭati [Vedic vṛt. The representative of vattati (=Sk. vartate) in
d
Vin ii.137, where it is expl by Bdhgh as "veṭṭhin." It may be-
specialized meaning. The regular meaning of *vartate (with
long to vaṭaṁsa or vaṭa (rope): cp. Dhtm 106 "veṭhana" for
vaṭṭana), viz. "turning round," is attached to vaṭṭati only in
vaṭaṁsa.
later Pāli & sometimes doubtful. It is found also in the Caus.
n
vaṭṭeti. The def of vaṭṭ (literal meaning) at Dhtp 89 is Vaṭṭula (adj.) [fr. vṛt, cp. late Sk. vartula] circular Abhp 707.
"vaṭṭana," and at Dhtm 107 "āvattana"] 1. to turn round, to
Vaṭṭha [pp. of vassati, for the usual vuṭṭha] rained, in nava° newly
move on: doubtful in "kattha vaṭṭaṁ na vaṭṭati" S i.15; prefer-
rained upon DhA i.19 (bhūmi).
ably with v. l. as vaḍḍhati. — Caus. I. vaṭṭeti to turn or
Vaṭhara (adj.) [cp. BSk. vaṭhara MVastu ii.65. A root vaṭh is
twist J i.338 (rajjuṁ); to cause to move or go on (in weaving;
given at Dhtm 133 in meaning "thūlattane bhave" i. e. bulki-
tasaraṁ v. to speed the shuttle) SnA 265, 266. Should we read
ness] bulky, gross Abhp 701.
vaḍḍheti? Cp. āvaṭṭeti. — Caus. II. vaṭṭāpeti to cause to turn
J i.422. — 2. to be right or fit or proper, to behove; it ought Vaḍḍha (nt.) [fr. vṛdh] wealth, riches J iii.131 (vaḍḍhaṁ
to (with infin.); with instr. of person who ought to do this or vaḍḍhataṁ, imper.). Or should we read vaṭṭa? — Vaḍḍha
that, e. g. sīlācāra — sampannena bhavituṁ vaṭṭati J i.188; is used as Np. at KhA 119, perhaps in meaning "prosperous."
kataññunā bhavituṁ v. J i.122. — See e. g. J i.376; ii.352,
Vaḍḍhaka [fr. vaḍḍheti] 1. augmenting, increasing, i. e. looking
406; Miln 9; Vism 184; DhA ii.38, 90, 168; SnA 414 (vattuṁ
after the welfare of somebody or something, one who super-
to say); VvA 63, 69, 75; PvA 38 (dātuṁ). The noun to vaṭṭati
intends J i.2 (rāsi° the steward of an estate). — 2. a maker of,
is vatta (not vaṭṭa!).
in special sense (cīvara° robecutter, perhaps fr. vardh to cut:
n
Vaṭṭana (nt.) [fr. vṛt, vaṭṭati] turning round Dhtp 89 (in def of see vaddheti) a tailor J i.220.
vaṭṭati). Cp. āvaṭṭana.
Vaḍḍhaki (& °ī) [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vardhaki & vardha- kin;
Vaṭṭanā (f.) [fr. vṛt] in °valī is a line or chain of balls ("rounds," perhaps from vardh to cut: see vaddheti] a carpenter, builder,
i. e. rings or spindles). Reading somewhat doubtful. It occurs architect, mason. On their craft and guilds see Fick, Sociale
at M i.80, 81 (seyyathā v. evaṁ me piṭṭhi — kaṇṭako unnat' Gliederung 181 sq.; Mrs. Rh. D. Cambridge Hist. Ind. i.206.
s
âvanato hoti; Neumann trsl "wie eine Kugelkette wurde mein — The word is specially characteristic of the Jātakas and other
Rückgrat mit den hervor — und zurücktretenden Wirbeln") popular (later) literature J i.32, 201, 247; ii.170; vi.332 sq.,
and at J v.69 (spelt "vaṭṭhanā — vali — sankāsā piṭṭhi te nin- 432; Ap. 51; DhA i.269; iv.207; Vism 94; PvA 141; Mhbv
n
nat' unnatā," with C. expl "piṭṭhika — ṭṭhāne āvuṇitvā ṭhāpitā 154. — iṭṭha° a stonemason Mhvs 35, 102; nagara° the city
n
vaṭṭhanā — vali — sadisā"). The J trsl by Dutoit gives architect Miln 331, 345; brāhmaṇa° a brahmin carpenter J
"einer Reihe von Spinnwirteln dein Rücken gleicht im Auf und iv.207; mahā° chief carpenter, master builder Vism 463. In
n
Nieder"; the E. tsrl has "Thy back like spindles in a row, a metaphor taṇhā the artificer lust DhA iii.128.
long unequal curve doth show." -gāma a carpenter village J ii.18, 405; iv.159.
Vaṭṭani (f.) [cp. Vedic vartani circumference of a wheel, course] Vaḍḍhati [Vedic vardhati, vṛdh, cp. Av. vǤrǤdaiti to increase.
d
a ring, round, globe, ball Th 2, 395 (vaṭṭani — riva; expl at To this root belongs P. uddha "high up" (=Gr. ορχός straight).
d
n
ThA 259 as "lākhāya guḷikā viya," trsl Sisters 154: "but a Def at Dhtp 109 simply as "vaḍḍhane"] primary meaning "to
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