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Varaka Vallabha

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Varaka (adj.) [fr. vṛ] wishing or asking (in marriage) Th 2, 406. Lat. volvo to roll, Gr. ἐλύω to wind, ε῎λις round, ε῎λυτρον
cover; Goth. walwjan to roll on, Ohg. welzan & walzan=Ags.
Varaṇa [cp. Sk. varaṇa rampart, causeway, wall] the tree
wealtan (E. waltz); Ags. wylm wave, and many others, q. v.
Crataeva roxburghii J i.222, 317 (°rukkha), 319=DhA iii.409
in Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. volvo. — The Dhtp (274) gives
(°kaṭṭhabhañja); J vi.535.
root val in meaning saṁvaraṇa, i. e. obstruct, cover. See fur-
*Varati [vṛ] & der. ("to choose" as well as "to obstruct") see
ther vuṇāti] a bracelet Vin ii.106; J ii.197 (dantakāre valay'
vuṇāti.
— ādīni karonte disvā); iii.377; vi.64, 65; DA i.50; DhA i.226
Varatta (nt.) & Varattā (f.) [cp. Vedic varatrā, given also in (danta° ivory bangle); PvA 157 (sankha°); Mhvs 11, 14 (°an-
meaning "elephant's girth" at Halāyudha ii.66] a strap, thong, guli — veṭhakā).
strip of leather S i.63; A ii.33; Sn 622; Dh 398 (fig. for taṇhā);
Valāhaka [valāha+ka; of dial. origin; cp. Epic Sk. balā-haka] 1.
J ii.153; v.45. As "harness" at J i.175; as straps on a ship's
a cloud, dark cloud, thundercloud S i.212= Th 2, 55; A ii.102;
mast (to hold the sails) Miln 378. — Cp. vārattika. 1
v.22; Th 1, 760; Pug 42, 43; Vv 68 ; J iii.245; 270 (ghana°);
-khaṇḍa strip of leather, a strap M i.244=ii.193= iii.259=S
Vism 285 (°paṭala); Miln 274; DhsA 317; VvA 12 (=abbhā).
iv.56=A iii.380.
— 2. N. of mythical horses S iii.145.
Varāka (adj.) [cp. Epic Sk. varāka] wretched, miserable S i.231; -kāyikā (devā) groups of cloud gods (viz. sīta°, uṇha°,
J iv.285; Vism 315; VvA 101; PvA 120 (syn. for kapaṇa), 175 abbha°, vāta°, vassa°) S iii.254.
(id.).
Valāhassa [valāha+assa] cloud — horse J ii.129 (the Valā-
Varāha [Vedic varāha & varāhu, freq. in Rigveda] a boar, wild hassajātaka, pp. 127 sq.); cp. BSk. Bālāh'āśva ( — rājā) Divy
hog Dh 325=Th 1, 17; J v.406=vi.277; Miln 364; Sdhp 378. 120 sq. (see Index Divy).
Valañja (—°) [see valañjeti] 1. track, line, trace, in pada° track, Vali & Valī (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. vali; fr val. Spelling occasion-
footprint J i.8; ii.153 (v. l. lañca & lañcha); iv.221 (valañcha ally with ḷ] a line, fold, wrinkle, a streak, row; Vin ii.112 (read
T.), 383; DhA ii.38. — 2. that which is spent or secreted, i. valiyo for valiṁ?); Th 2, 256; J iv.109; Shhp 104. — muttā-
e. outflow, faeces, excrement, in sarīra° faeces J i.70, 80, 421 vali a string of pearls VvA 169. For vaṭṭanā-valī see vaṭṭanā.
(°ṁ muñcati to ease oneself); iii.486; DhA ii.55. — 2. design, See also āvali.
use; only neg. avalañja useless, superfluous Vin iv.266; VvA
Valika (adj.) [fr. vali] having folds J i.499.
46 (°ṁ akaṁsu rendered useless); DhA iv.116.
Valita [pp. of val: see valeti] wrinkled A i.138 (acc. khaṇḍa-
Valañjana (nt.) [fr. valañjeti] 1. resorting, acting as, behaviour
dantaṁ palita — kesaṁ vilūnaṁ khalitaṁ siro — valitaṁ
VvA 248. — 2. giving off, evacuation, easing the body J i.161
tilak'āhata — gattaṁ: cp. valin with passage M i.88= iii.180,
(°vacca — kuṭi privy); DhA iii.270 (sarīra°). n
one of the two evidehtly misread); PvA 56, 153. In comp
Valañjanaka (adj.) (—°) [fr. valañjana] being marked off, be- with taca contracted to valittaca (for valitattaca) "with wrin-
ing traced, belonging to, behaving, living (anto° in the inner kled skin" DhA ii.190 (phalitakesa+); with abstr. valittacatā
precincts, bahi° outside the bounds) J i.382, 385, 398. the fact of having a wrinkled skin M i.49 (pālicca+; cp. MA
Valañjita [pp. of valañjeti; cp. BSk. valañjita used, MVastu 215); A ii.196 (khaṇḍicca pālicca+).
iii.276] traced, tracked, practised, travelled J iii.542 (magga). Valin (adj.) [fr. vali] having wrinkles M i.88 (acc. palita-kesiṁ
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Valañjeti [customarily expl as ava+lañj (cp. Geiger P.Gr. § 66 ), vilūnaṁ khalita — siraṁ valinaṁ)=iii.180 (palitakesaṁ vilū-
naṁ khalitaṁ — siraṁ valīnaṁ etc.) See valita for this pas-
the root lañj being given as a Sk. root in meaning "to fry," "to
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sage. — In comp vali-mukha "wrinkled face," i. e. monkey
be strong," and a variety of others (see Mon. Williams s. v.
J ii.298.
lañj). But the root & its derivations are only found in lex-
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icographical and grammatical works, therefore it is doubtful Valiya at M i.446 is not clear. It is comb with vaṇṇiya (q. v.).
whether it is genuine. lañja is given as "pada," i. e. track, See also note on p. 567; v. l. pāṇiya; C. silent.
place, foot, and also "tail." We are inclined to see in lañj a by
Valīkaṁ [cp. Sk. vyalīkaṁ] read for valikaṁ at Th 2, 403, in
— form of lañch, which is a variant of lakṣ "to mark" etc. s
meaning "wrong, fault"; ThA 266 expl as "vyālikaṁ dosaṁ."
(cp. lañcha, lañchaka, °ana, °ita). Thus the meaning would
So Kern, Toev. s. v.
range from originally "trace," mark off, enclose, to: "being
Vaḷīmant (adj.) [fr. vali] having wrinkles Th 2, 269 (pl. valī-
enclosed," assigned or belonging to, i. e. moving (in), fre-
ns
quenting etc., as given in C. expl . There seems to be a Sing- matā).
halese word at the root of it, as it is certainly dialectical. — Valeti [cp. Sk. vāleti, Caus. of val to turn: see valaya] 1. to twist,
The Dhtm (522) laconically defines valañj as "valañjane"] 1. turn, in gīvaṁ to wring (a fowl's neck) J i.436; iii.178 (gīvaṁ
to trace, track, travel (a road); practise, achieve, resort to Miln valitvā: read °etvā). — 2. to twist or wind round, to put (a gar-
359; VvA 58. — 2. to use, use up, spend J i.102; iii.342; ment) on, to dress J i.452 (sāṭake valetuṁ; v. l. valañcetuṁ).
vi.369, 382, 521. — ppr. Pass. (a- )valañjiyamāna (not any — pp. valita.
longer) in use J i.111. — pp. valañjita.
Vallakī (f.) cp. Epic Sk. vallakī, BSk. vallikī Divy 108; MVastu
Valaya (m. & nt.) [Epic Sk. valaya, fr. Idg. *ṷel to turn; see i.227] the Indian lute Abhp 138.
Sk. roots vṛ to enclose, and val to turn, to which belong the
Vallabha [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vallabha & BSk. valla-bhaka a
foll.: varutra upper robe, ūrmi wave, fold, valita bent, vālay-
sea monster Divy 231] a favourite J iv.404; vi.38, 371; rāja° a
ati to make roll, valli creeper, vaṭa rope, vāṇa cane. Cp. also
king's favourite, an overseer J i.342; Mhvs 37, 10; VbhA 501.
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