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Visati Visāhāra

Visati [viś, cp. viś dwelling — place, veśa; Gr. οίκος house, Nett 23 (iddhi°); Miln 186, 215, 316; Vism 216 (visayī —
οἰκέω to dwell; Lat. vīcus, Goth. weihs=E. °wick in War- bhūta), 570=VbhA 182 (mahā° & appa°); KhA 17; SnA 22,
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wick, etc.] to enter, only in comb with prefixes, like upa°, 154 (buddha°), 228 (id.); PvA 72, 89. — avisaya not form-
pa°, pari°, saṁ°, abhisaṁ°, etc.... See also vesma (house). ing an object, a wrong object, indefinable A v.50; J v.117 (so
read for °ara); PvA 122, 197. — 3. object of sense, sensual
Visatta [pp. of visajjati] hanging on (fig.), sticking or clinging
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to, entangled in (loc.) A ii.25; Sn 38, 272; Nd 597; J ii.146; pleasure SnA 100.
iii.241. Visayha (adj.) [ger. of visahati] possible Pv iv.1 12 (yathā °ṁ as
far as possible); a° impossible M i.207=Vin i.157.
Visattikā (f.) [visatta+ikā, abstr. formation] clinging to, adhering,
attachment (to=loc.), sinful bent, lust, desire. — It is almost Visara [vi+sara] a multitude DA i.40.
invariably found as a syn. of taṇhā. P. Commentators ex-
Visalla (adj.) [vi+salla] free from pain or grief S i.180; Sn 17,
plain it with ref. either to visaṭa (diffused), or to visa (poison).
86=367.
These are of course only exegetical edifying etymologies. Cp.
n
Dhs. trsl § 1059; Expositor ii.468: Brethren 213 n. 3, K.S. Visaritā (f.) at D ii.213 in phrase iddhi° is doubtful reading. The
n
gloss (K) has "visevitā." Trsl (Dial. ii.246); "proficiency." It
i.2, n. 6, and the varied exegesis of the term in the Niddesas.
d
is comb with iddhi-pahutā & iddhivikubbanatā. Bdhgh's
— S i.1, 24, 35, 107, 110; A ii.211; iv.434; Sn 333, 768, 857, n
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1053 sq.; Th 1, 519; Nd 8 sq., 247; Nd 598; DhA iii.198; expl is "visavanā" [fr. vi+sru?].
iv.43; DhsA 364; Nett 24; Dhs 1059. Visahati [vi+sahati] to be able, to dare, to venture Sn 1069 (=us-
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sahati sakkoti Nd 600); J i.152. — ppr. neg. avisahanto un-
Visada (adj.) [cp. Sk. viśada] 1. clean, pure, white D ii.14; Miln
able VvA 69, 112; and avisahamāna J i.91. — ger. visayha
93, 247; Dāvs v. 28. — 2. clear, manifest Miln 93; DhsA 321,
(q. v.).
328 (a°); VbhA 388 sq.
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-kiriyā making clear: see under vatthu . -bhāva clear- Visākha (adj.) [visākhā as adj.] having branches, forked; in ti°
ness Vism 128; Tikp 59. three — branched S i.118=M i.109.
Visadatā (f.) [abstr. fr. visada] purity, clearness Vism 134 Visākhā (f.) [vi+sākhā, Sk. viśākhā] N. of a lunar mansion
(vatthu°). (nakkhatta) or month (see vesākha), usually as visākha° ( —
puṇṇamā), e. g. SnA 391; VvA 165.
Visanna [pp. of visīdati] sunk into (loc.), immersed J iv.399. The
poetical form is vyasanna. Visāṭita [pp. of vi+sāṭeti] cut in pieces, smashed, broken J ii.163
(=bhinna C.).
Visappana in °rasa at Vism 470 is not clear. Is it "spreading"
[vi+sṛp], or misprint for visa — pāna? Visāṇa (nt.) [cp. Sk. viṣāṇa] 1. the horn of an animal (as cow, ox,
deer, rhinoceros) Vin i.191; A ii.207; iv.376; Sn 35 (khagga°,
Visabhāga (adj.) [vi+sabhāga] different, unusual, extraordinary,
q. v.), 309; Pug 56 (miga°); Ap 50 (usabha°); J i.505; Miln
uncommon Miln 78 sq.; DA i.212; Vism 180 (purisassa it-
103. — 2. (also as m.) the tusks of an elephant J iii.184; v.41,
thisarīraṁ, itthiyā purisa — sarīraṁ visabhāgaṁ), 516; DhA
48.
iv.52; PvA 118. -°ārammaṇa pudendum muliebre J ii.274 ≈
-maya made of horn Vin ii.115.
iii.498.
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Visama (adj.) [vi+sama ] 1. uneven, unequal, disharmonious, Visāta (adj.) [fr. vi+śat, cp. sāṭeti] crushed to pieces, destroyed
M 11 102 (°gabbha, with mūḷha — gabbha; v. l. vighāta).
contrary A i.74; PvA 47 (vāta), 131 (a°=sama of the "middle"
path). — 2. (morally) discrepant, lawless, wrong A iii.285; Visāda [fr. vi+sad] depression, dejection D i.248; DA i.121; Sdhp
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v.329; Sn 57 (cp. Nd 599); Miln 250 (°diṭṭhi). — 3. odd, pe- 117. Cp. visīdati.
culiar, petty, disagreeable A ii.87; Miln 112, 304, 357; J i.391
Visāra [fr. vi+sṛ] spreading, diffusion, scattering DhsA 118.
(nagaraka). — As nt. an uneven or dangerous or inaccessible
Visāraka (adj.) [vi+sāraka, of sṛ] spreading, extending, expand-
place, rough road; (fig.) unevenness, badness, misconduct,
ing Vin iii.97 (vattu° T.; vatthu° MSS.).
disagreeableness A i.35 (pabbata°); S iv.117; Vbh 368 (two
sets of 3 visamāni: rāga, etc.); Miln 136, 157, 277, 351; J v.70; Visārada (adj.) [cp. BSk. viśārada, e. g. AvS i.180. On etym. see
VvA 301. — visamena (instr.) in a wrong way Pv iv.14. sārada] self — possessed, confident; knowing how to conduct
oneself, skilled, wise D i.175; ii.86; S i.181; iv.246; v.261; A
Visamāyati [Denom. fr. visama] to be uneven D ii.269 (so read
ii.8 (vyatta+); iii.183, 203; iv.310, 314 sq.; v.10 sq.; M i.386;
for visamā yanti).
Ap 23; J iii.342; v.41; Miln 21; Sdhp 277. — avisārada dif-
Visaya [cp. Sk. viśaya, fr. vi+śī] 1. locality, spot, region; fident Miln 20, 105.
world, realm, province, neighbourhood Sn 977. Often in foll.
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comb : petti° (or pitti°) and pettika (a) the world of the manes Visāla (adj.) [cp. Sk. viśāla] wide, broad, extensive Sn 38; J v.49,
215 (°pakhuma); Miln 102, 311.
or petas M i.73; S iii.224; v.342, 356 sq.; A i.37, 267; ii.126 1
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sq.; iii.211, 339, 414 sq.; iv.405 sq.; v.182 sq.; Pv ii.2 ; ii.7 ; J -akkhī (f.) having large eyes J v.40; Vv 37 (+vipulalo-
canā; or a petī).
i.51; PvA 25 sq., 59 sq., 214. (b) the way of the fathers, native
or proper beat or range D iii.58; S v.146 sq.; A iii.67; J ii.59. Visālatā (f.) [abstr. fr. visāla] breadth, extensiveness VvA 104.
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Yama° the realm of Yama or the Dead Pv ii.8 (=petaloka PvA
Visāhaṭa (adj.) [visa+āhaṭa] only neg. a° imperturbed, balanced
107). — 2. reach, sphere (of the senses), range, scope; object,
Dhs 11, 15, 24 etc.
characteristic, attribute (cp. Cpd. 143 n. 2) S v.218 (gocara°);
Visāhāra [visa+āhāra, or vi+saṁ+āhāra] distractedness, perturba-
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