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Vaṇibbaka Vaṇṇatā

i.248; ii.37; Divy 83; occurring also as vaṇīyaka at Divy dour (cp. next meaning) D iii.143 (suvaṇṇa°, or=1); Pv ii.9 62
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83] a wayfarer, beggar, pauper Sn 100 (ṇ); J iv.403, 406 (n); (na koci devo vaṇṇena sambuddhaṁ atirocati); iii.9 (suriya°);
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v.172 (=bhojaputta C.; n); vi.232 (n); DA i.298 (ṇ); PvA 78 Vv 29 (=sarīr' obhāsa VvA 122); PvA 10 (suvaṇṇa°), 44. —
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(n), 112 (n); VvA 5 (n). Often comb with similar terms 4. beauty (cp. vaṇṇavant) D ii.220 (abhikkanta°); M i.142
in phrase kapaṇ' addhika [iddhika] vaṇibbaka-yācakā in- (id.); D iii.68 (āyu+); Pv ii.9 10 (=rūpa — sampatti PvA 117).
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digents, tramps, wayfarers & beggars, e. g. D i.137 (ṇ); Miln Sometimes comb with other ideals, as (in set of 5): āyu,
204 (ṇ); DhA i.105 (ṇ). Other spurious forms are vaṇidīpaka sukha, yasa, sagga A iii.47; or āyu, yasa, sukha, ādhipacca
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PvA 120; vanīpaka Cp. i.4 . J iv.275, or (4): āyu, sukha, bala A iii.63. — 5. expression,
look, specified as mukha°, e. g. S iii.2, 235; iv.275 sq.; A
Vaṇibbin (adj. — n.) [fr. *vaṇibba] begging, a beggar, tramp J 1
v.342; Pv iii.9 ; PvA 122. — 6. colour of skin, appearance
iii.312; iv.410 (=yācanto C.). Spelling at both places n. See
of body, complexion M ii.32 (parama), 84 (seṭṭha); A iii.33
also vanin.
(dibba); iv.396 (id.); Sn 610 (doubtful, more likely because
Vaṇīyati see vanīyati. n
of its comb with sara to below 8!), 686 (anoma°); Vism 422
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Vaṇeti [Caus. of van (see etym. under vana ), cp. vaṇi (vani). (evaṁ°=odato vā sāmo vā). Cp. °pokkharatā. — In special
It may be derived directly fr. vṛ, vṛṇāti=P. vuṇāti, as shown sense applied as distinguishing mark of race or species, thus
by vaṇimhase. A Denom. fr. vani is vanīyati] to wish, desire, also constituting a mark of class (caste) distinction & translat-
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ask, beg J v.27 (spelt vaṇṇeti; C. expl as vāreti icchati); pres. able as "(social) grade, rank, caste" (see on term Dial. i.27, 99
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med. 1 pl. vaṇimhase (=Sk. vṛṇīmahe) J ii.137 (=icchāma sq.; cp. Vedic ārya varṇa and dāsa varṇa RV ii.12, 9; iii.34,
C.). As vanayati at KhA 111 (vanayatī ti vanaṁ). 9: see Zimmer, Altind. Leben 113 and in greater detail Mac-
donell & Keith, Vedic Index ii.247 sq.). The customary enum n
Vaṇṭa (nt.) [Epic Sk. vṛnta] a stalk S iii.155=D i.73 (°chinna with
its stalk cut); J i.70; Ap 62; Vism 356 (in comparison); SnA is of 4 such grades, viz. khattiyā brāhmaṇā vessā suddā
Vin ii.239; A iv.202; M ii.128, but cp. Dial. i.99 sq. — See
296; VbhA 60; DhA ii.42; iv.112; VvA 44. avaṇṭa (of thana,
also Vin iv.243 (here applied as general term of "grade" to the
the breast of a woman) not on a stalk (i. e. well — formed,
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plump) J v.155. So to be trsl here, although vaṇṭa as med- alms — bowls: tayo pattassa vaṇṇā, viz. ukkaṭṭha, majjhima,
omaka; cp. below 7); D i.13, 91; J vi.334; Miln 225 (khat-
ical term is given in BR with meaning "nipple." — See also
tiya°, brāhmaṇa°). — 7. kind, sort Miln 128 (nānā°), cp. Vin
tālavaṇṭa
iv.243, as mentioned under 6. — 8. timbre (i. e. appearance)
Vaṇṭaka (adj:) (—°) [vaṇṭa+ka] having a stalk; a° not fastened
of voice, contrasted to sara intonation, accent; may occasion-
on stalks J v.203.
ally be taken as "vowel." See A i.229 (+sara); iv.307 (id.); Sn
Vaṇṭati [dial. Sk. vaṇṭ] to partition, share; is given as root vaṇṭ at 610 (id., but may mean "colour of skin": see 6), 1132 (giraṁ
Dhtp 92, 561 and Dhtm 787 in meaning "vibhājana." — An- vaṇṇ' upasaṁhitaṁ, better than meaning "comment"); Miln
other root vaṇṭ is found at Dhtm 108 with unmeaning expl n 340 (+sara). — 9. constitution, likeness, property; adj. (—°)
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"vaṇṭ' atthe." "like": aggi° like fire Pv iii.6 (=aggi — sadisa PvA 203). —
Vaṇṭika (adj.) (—°) [vaṇṭa+ika] having a stalk; only in phrase 10. ("good impression") praise DhA i.115 (magga°); usually
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ekato° & ubhato° having a stalk on one or on both sides (of comb and contrasted with avaṇṇa blame, e. g. D i.1, 117,
a wreath) Vin ii.10; iii.180; DhA i.419. 174; A i.89; ii.3; iii.264; iv.179, 345; DA i.37. — 11. reason
("outward appearance") S i.206 (=kāraṇa K.S. i.320); Vv 84 6
Vaṇṇa [cp. Vedic varṇa, of vṛ: see vuṇāti. Customary defini- 6 48
(=kāraṇa VvA 336); Pv iv.1 (id. PvA 220); iv.1 .
tion as "vaṇṇane" at Dhtp 572] appearance etc. (lit. "cover,
-āroha (large) extent of beauty Sn 420. -kasiṇa the
coating"). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, es-
colour circle in the practice of meditation VbhA 251. -kāraka
pecially between meanings 2, 3, 4. One may group as fol-
(avaṇṇe) one who makes something (unsightly) appear beau-
lows. — 1. colour Sn 447 (meda°); S v.216 (chavi° of the tiful J v.270. -da giving colour, i. e. beauty Sn 297. -dada
skin); A iii.324 (sankha°); Th 1, 13 (nīl'abbha°); Vv 45 10 giving beauty A ii.64. -dasaka the ten (years) of complexion
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(danta°=ivory white); Pv iv.3 ; DhA ii.3 (aruṇa°); SnA 319 rd
or beauty (the 3 decade in the life of man) Vism 619; J iv.497.
(chavi°); VvA 2 (vicitta°); PvA 215. Six colours are usually -dāsī "slave of beauty," courtezan, prostitute J i.156 sq., 385;
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enum as vaṇṇā, viz. nīla pīta lohitaka odāta mañjeṭṭha
ii.367, 380; iii.463; vi.300; DhA i.395; iv.88. -dhātu compo-
pabhassara Ps i.126; cp. the 6 colours under rūpa at Dhs 617
sition or condition of appearance, specific form, material form,
(where kāḷaka for pabbassara); J i.12 (chabbaṇṇa — buddha 1
natural beauty S i.131; Pv i.3 ; PvA 137 (=chavivaṇṇa); DhsA
— rasmiyo). Groups of five see under pañca 3 (cp. J i.222).
15. -patha see vaṇṇu°. -pokkharatā beauty of complexion
— dubbaṇṇa of bad colour, ugly S i.94; A v.61; Ud 76; Sn d
D i.114, 115; A i.38; ii.203; Pug 66; VbhA 486 (def ); DhA
426; It 99; Pug 33; VvA 9; PvA 32, 68. Opp. suvaṇṇa of
iii.389; PvA 46. -bhū place of praise J i.84 (for °bhūmi: see
beautiful colour, lovely A v.61; It 99. Also as term for "sil- 2
bhū ). -bhūta being of a (natural) species PvA 97. -vādin
ver." — As t. t. in descriptions or analyses (perhaps better
saying praise, praising D i.179, 206; A ii.27; V.164 sq.; Vin
in meaning "appearance") in abl. vaṇṇato by colour, with
ii.197. -sampanna endowed with beauty A i.244 sq., 288;
saṇṭhānato and others: Vism 184 ("kāḷa vā odāta vā man-
ii.250 sq.
guracchavi vā"), 243=VbhA 225; Nett 27. — 2. appear-
ance S i.115 (kassaka — vaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā); J i.84 (id. Vaṇṇaka (nt.) [fr. vaṇṇa] paint, rouge D ii.142; Th 1,960; Dpvs
with māṇavaka°); Pv ii.1 10 (=chavi — vaṇṇa PvA 71); iii.3 2 vi.70.
(kanakassa sannibha); VvA 16; cp. °dhātu. — 3. lustre, splen- Vaṇṇatā (f.) [abstr. fr. vaṇṇa] having colour, complexion A i.246
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