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Vatthu Vaddhava

the cpds. — 5. subjectmatter, subject, story, account SnA 4; is vadeti D i.36; Vin ii.1; Sn 825; Sn p. 140 (kiṁ vadetha);
st
DhA ii.66; PvA 77, 92, 263, 269. Cp. °gāthā & titles like J i.294; imper. vadehi PvA 62; Pot. med. 1 pl. vademase
Petavatthu, Vimānavatthu. D iii.197; fut. vadessati Sn 351; aor. vadesi DhA iii.174. —
-kata made a foundation or basis of, practised thoroughly A specific Pāli formation is a Caus. vādiyati in act. and med.
J ii.61; v.14 and passim (+bhāvita etc.). In phrase tālâ- sense (all forms only in Gāthā style), e. g. indic. vādiyati
d
vatthukata (=tāla avatthu kata) vatthu means foundation, ba- Sn 824=892, 832; expl as vadati SnA 541, 542, or katheti
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sis, ground to feed and live on, thus "a palm deprived of its bhaṇati etc. (the typical Niddesa expl of vadati: see Nd 2
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foundation": see refs. under tāla. -gāthā the stanzas of the 555) Nd 161. In contracted (& shortened) form Pot. 2 nd sg.
story, the introductory (explanatory, essential to its under- vajjesi (*vādiyesi) you might tell, i. e. please tell Pv ii.11 6
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standing) stanzas, something like "prologue" SnA 483, 575 (=vadeyyāsi PvA 149); iii.6 (same expl p. 203). The other
st
(preceding Sn 699 & 976). -dasaka tenfold substance or ma- Pot. forms from the same base are the foll.: 1 sg. vajjaṁ Th
nd
terial basis VbhA 22. -bhūta being an object, i. e. subject 2, 308; 2 sg. vajjāsi Th 2, 307; J iii.272; vi.19; and vajja Th
rd
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to J v.210. -rūpa substance or substratum of matter, material 2, 323; 3 sg. vajjā Sn 971 (cp. Nd 498); J vi.526 (=vadeyya
rd
form Vism 561, 564; VbhA 22, 172. -visadakiriyā clearing C.); 3 pl. vajjuṁ Sn 859 (=vadeyyuṁ katheyyuṁ etc. Nd 2
of the foundation or fundamentals, purification of the elements 555); J v.221. — Caus. vādeti to make sound, to play (a
n
VbhA 283=DhsA 76 (°kiriyatā; trsl Expos. 101 "cleansing of musical instrument) J i.293; ii.110, 254 (vādeyyāma we might
things or substance"); Vism 128; VbhA 276. play); Ap 31 (aor. vādesuṁ); PvA 151 (vīṇaṁ vādento). —
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Vatthu [Vedic vāstu; fr. vas] site, ground, field, plot Vin iii.50 Pass. vajjati (*vādiyati) to be played or sounded J i.13 (va-
jjanti bheriyo); Ap 31 (ppr. vajjamāna & aor. vajjiṁsu). —
(ārāma° & vihāra°), 90 (id.); Sn 209, 473 (sakhetta°, cp.
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vatthu 4), 769 (khetta+), 858 (id.); Th 1, 957 (khetta+vatthu, Another form of ppr. med. (or Pass.) is vadāna (being called,
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cp. Brethren p. 337 & Vin. Texts iii.389 sq.); Miln 279 so — called) which is found in poetry only (contracted fr.
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vadamāna) at Vin i.36=J i.83. — pp. udita & vādita (q.
(khetta° a plot of arable land); DA i.78 (contrasted with khetta,
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see khetta 1 and cp. vatthu 1); PvA 88 (gehassa the back yard v.). — Caus. II. vādāpeti to cause to be played Mhvs 25, 74
(tūriyaṁ).
of the house); haunted by fairies (parigaṇhanti) D ii.87.
-kamma "act concerning sites," i. e. preparing the Vadana (nt.) [fr. vad] speech, utterance VvA 345 (+kathana).
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ground for building D i.12 (trsl : fixing on lucky sites for
Vadāna see vadati.
dwellings), cp. DA i.98: akaṭa — vatthumhi gehapatiṭṭhā-
Vadāniya [another form of vadaññu] see a°.
panaṁ. -devatā the gods protecting the grounds, field —
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gods, house — gods Pv i.4 (=ghara — vatthuṁ adhivatthā de- Vadāpana (nt.) [fr. vādāpeti, Caus. II. of vadati] making some-
vatā PvA 17). -parikiraṇa offerings over the site of a house body speak or something sound DhsA 333 (we should better
n
("consecrating sites" trsl ) D i.12 (cp. DA i.98=balikamma — read vād°).
karaṇaṁ). -vijjā the science of (building — ) sites, the art of
Vaddalikā (f.) [cp. late Sk. vārdala & BSk. vardalikā MVastu
determining a suitable (i. e. lucky) site for a house D i.9 (see iii.301; Divy 500] rainy weather Vin i.3; J vi.52 (loc. vadda-
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expl at DA i.93); S iii.239; Nd 372; Vism 269 (in compari- like); DhA iii.339; VbhA 109.
son); KhA 237. See also Dial ii.92 & Fick, Sociale Gliederung
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Vaddha (adj. — n.) [pp. of vaḍḍhati; see also vaḍḍha, vuḍḍha
152.
& vuddha. The root given by Dhtp (166) for vṛdh is vadh
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Vatthuka (adj.) (—°) [fr. vatthu ] 1. having a site or foundation
in meaning "vuddhi"] 1. grown, old; an Elder; venerable,
or ground, in ucca° (high) and nīca° (low) Vin ii.117, 120;
respectable; one who has authority. At J i.219 three kinds
Mhvs 33, 87. — 2. having its ground in, founded on, be-
of vaddha are distinguished: one by nature (jāti°), one by
ing of such & such a nature or composition S iv.67 (vācā°);
age (vayo°), one by virtue (guṇa°); J v.140 (=paññāya vud-
Ps i.130 (micchādiṭṭhi°, correct in Index J.P.T.S. 1908!); Vbh d
dha C.). Usually comb with apacāyati to respect the aged,
319 (uppanna°; +ārammaṇa), 392 (micchādiṭṭhi°); VbhA 403
e. g. J i.219; and in cpd. vaddh-apacāyika respecting the
(uppanna° etc.).
elders or those in authority J iv.94; and °apacāyin id. Sn 325
Vada (adj.) (—°) [fr. vad] speaking, in cpd. vaggu° speaking (=vaddhānaṁ apaciti — karaṇa SnA 332); Dh 109; DhA ii.239
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pleasantly Sn 955 (cp. Nd 446; SnA 571=sundaravada); sud- (=buḍḍhatare guṇavuddhe apacāyamāna). Cp. jeṭṭh' apacāyin.
dhiṁ° of clean speech Sn 910. — 2. glad, joyful; in cpd. °bhūta gladdened, cheerful J v.6.
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Vadaññu (adj.) [cp. Sk. vadāniya, which also in P. avadāniya] Vaddha (m. & nt.) [cp. Vedic vardhra in meaning "tape"]
lit. "(easily) spoken to," addressable, i. e. liberal, bountiful, a (leather) strap, thong J ii.154 (vv. ll. baddha, bandhana,
kind S i.43; A ii.59, 61 sq.; iv.271 sq., 285, 289, 322; Sn 487; bandha, vaṭṭa). Occurs as aṁsa° shoulder strap at Ap 310,
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Pv iv.1 , 3 , 10 , 15 ; VvA 281. where ed. prints baddha (=baddha ).
-maya consisting of a strap, made of leather J ii.153.
Vadaññutā (f.) [abstr. fr. vadaññu] bounty, kindness, liberality;
neg. a° stinginess A v.146, 148 sq.; Vbh 371. Vaddhaka [vaddha+ka] in cpd. aṁsa° "shoulder strap" should be
the uniform reading for a series of diff. spellings (°vaṭṭaka,
Vadati [vad, Ved. vadati; Dhtp 134 vada=vacana] to speak, say,
°baddhaka, °bandhaka) at Vin i.204; ii.114; iv.170. Cp.
tell A iv.79; Sn 1037, 1077 sq.; Pug 42; PvA 13, 16, 39; Pot.
rd
st
1 sg. vade (so read for vado?) M i.258; 3 sg. vadeyya Pv Geiger, Zeitschrift fur Buddhismus iv.107.
3
rd
i.3 ; aor. 3 pl. vadiṁsu PvA 4. — Cp. abhi°, upa°, pa°, Vaddhana (nt.) [fr. vṛdh; see the usual vaḍḍhana] increase, fur-
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vi°. — Another form (not Caus.: see Geiger, P.Gr. § 139 ) thering J iii.422 (kula°); Sdhp 247 (pīti°), 307 (id.).
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