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Ve° Vetta

g. vekalla, vecikicchin, veneyya, vepulla, vematta, vevicchā, Veṭhita [pp. of veṭheti] enveloped, enclosed, surrounded,
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veramaṇī, which Bdhgh expl simply as "vi — kārassa ve — wrapped Sdhp 362. Cp. ni°, pari°.
kāraṁ katvā veramaṇī" KhA 24. — Cp. veyy°.
Veṭheti [Vedic veṣṭate, viṣṭ or veṣṭ, to Lat. virga, branch, lit. twist-
Vekaṭika (adj.) [fr. vikaṭa] one addicted to dirt, living on dirty ing] to twist round, envelope, wrap, surround J i.5, 422; Miln
food D i.167; Miln 259 (doubled). 282. — Pass. veṭhiyati: see vi°. — pp. veṭhita. — Cp. pali°.
Vekaṇḍa [perhaps connected with vikaṇṇaka] a kind of arrow M Veṇa [cp. *Sk. vaiṇa, dial.] 1. a worker in bamboo PvA 175. —
i.429. 2. a member of a low & despised class (cp. pukkusa) Vin iv.6;
S i.93 (°kula); A ii.85 (id.); iii.385; Pug 51; f. veṇī J v.306
Vekata (adj.) [=vikata] changed VvA 10. 13
(=tacchikā C.); Pv iii.1 (read veṇī for veṇiṁ).
Vekantaka (VbhA 63) is a kind of copper: see loha.
Veṇi (f.) [cp. Sk. veṇi] a braid of hair, plaited hair, hair twisted
Vekalla (nt.) [fr. vikala] deficiency J v.400; Miln 107; Dhs 223;
into a single braid A iii.295; Vin ii.266 (dussa°); Th 2, 255;
DhA ii.26 (anga° deformity), 79; iii.22; VvA 193; Sdhp 5, 17. 4
Vv 38 (=kesa — veṇi C.). fig. of a "string" of people D
— As vekalya at KhA 187 (where contrasted to sākalya). -
i.239 (andha°). -°kata plaited, having the hair plaited J ii.185;
jaṇṇū avekallaṁ karoti to keep one's knees straight Miln 418 v.431.
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(Kern, Toev. s. v. trsl "presses tightly together"). See also
Veṇu [cp. Vedic veṇu. Another P, form is veḷu (q. v.)] bamboo;
avekalla.
occurs only in cpds., e. g. -°gumba thicket of bamboo DhA
Vekallatā & vekalyatā (f.) [abstr. fr. vekalla] deficiency A
i.177; -°tinduka the tree Diospyros J v.405 (=timbaru C.);
iii.441 (a°); Vism 350 (indriya°); J i.45 (v. 254) (°lya°).
-°daṇḍaka jungle — rope J iii.204; -°bali a tax to be paid
Vekkhiya is poetical for avekkhiya (=avekkhitvā: see avekkhati) in bamboo (by bamboo workers) DhA i.177; °-vana bamboo
in appaṭivekkhiya not considering J iv.4. See the usual forest J v.38.
paccavekkhati.
Vetaṇḍin (adj.) [fr. vitaṇḍā] full of sophistry, skilled in vitaṇḍā
Vega [cp. Vedic vega, fr. vij to tremble] quick motion, impulse, Miln 90 (said of King Milinda).
force; speed, velocity S iv.157; A iii.158 (sara°); Sn 1074;
Vetana (nt.) [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vetana] wages, hire; payment,
Miln 202, 258, 391; PvA 11, 47 (vāta°), 62 (visa°), 67, 284
fee, remuneration; tip J i.194 (nivāsa° rent); Sn 24; VvA 141;
(kamma°); Sdhp 295. — instr. vegena (adv.) quickly DhA d
DhA i.25; PvA 112. Most frequently comb with bhatta° (q.
i.49; another form in same meaning is vegasā, after analogy
v.). As vedana at J iii.349.
of thāmasā, balasā etc., e. g. J iii.6; v. 117. — Cp. saṁ°.
Vetabba is grd. of *veti [vi]=vināti to weave (q, v.), thus "to be
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Vegha at D ii.100 (°missakena, trsl Rh. D. "with the help of
woven," or what is left to be woven J vi.26. — inf. vetuṁ Vin
thongs")=S v.153 (T. reads vedha°), & Th 1, 143 (°missena, ii.150.
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trsl "violence") may with Kern, Toev. s. v. be taken as veg-
gha=viggha (Sk. vighna), i. e. obstacle, hindrance; cp. up- Vetasa [Vedic vetasa] the ratan reed, Calamus rotang J v.167; SnA
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arundhati Th 1, 143. It remains obscure & Kern's expl prob- 451.
lematic. Cp. Dial. ii.107. Vetāla at D i.6 (in the lists of forbidden crafts) refers to some
magic art. The proper meaning of the word was already un-
Vecikicchin (adj.) [fr. vicikicchā] doubting, doubtful A ii.174
known when Bdhgh at DA i.84 explained it as "ghana —
(kankhin+); S iii.99 (id.); M i.18; Sn 510.
tāḷaṁ" (cymbal beating) with remark "mantena mata — sarīr'
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Vecitta (nt.) [fr. vi+citta ] confusion, disturbed state of mind uṭṭhāpanan ti eke" (some take it to be raising the dead by magic
n
Dhtp 460 (in def of root muh)
charms). Rh. D. at Dial. i.8 translates "chanting of bards" (cp.
Vejja [fr. vid, *Sk. vaidya, but to Pāli etym. feeling fr. vijjā] a vetālika). It is of dialectical origin.
physician, doctor, medical man, surgeon J i.455; iii.142; KhA
Vetālika [dial.; cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vaitālika] a certain office or
21; SnA 274 (in simile); VvA 185, 322; DhA i.8; PvA 36,
occupation at court connected with music or other entertain-
86; Sdhp 279, 351. — hatthi° elephantdoctor J vi.490; Mhvs
ment, a bard. With other terms in list at Miln 331, some of
25, 34; visa° a physician who cures poison(ous bites) J i.310; d
them obscure and regional. Also at J vi.277, where expl as
iv.498.
"vetālā [read vettāya?] uṭṭhāpake," i. e. those whose duty it is
-kamma medical practice or treatment J ii.421; v.253; n
[by vetāla or vetta] to make (people] rise. The expl is obscure,
Vism 384; DhA iii.257, 351; iv.172.
the uṭṭhāpaka reminds of Bdhgh's uṭṭhāpana (under vetāla).
Vejjikā (f.) [fr. vejja?] medicine (?) Vin iii.185. Kern misunderstands the phrase by translating "chasing bards
Veṭha [fr. viṣṭ, veṣṭ] wrap, in sīsa° head — wrap, turban M i.244; away."
S iv.56. Veti [vi+eti, of i; Sk. vyeti] to go away, disappear, wane S iii.135;
Veṭhaka (adj.) [fr. veṭheti] surrounding, enveloping D i.105 A ii.51; J iii.154; DhsA 329. Cp. vyavayāti.
("furbelow" see Dial. i.130); Mhvs 11, 14 (valayanguli°). Vetulla (& vetulya) [cp. *Sk. vaitulya; also called vai-pulya, fr.
vipula. The P. form is not clear; it probably rests on dial. trsl n
Veṭhana (nt.) [fr. veṭheti, cp. Epic & Class. Sk. veṣṭhana] 1. sur-
n
of a later term] a certain dissenting sect (see Mhvs. trsl 259,
rounding, enveloping J vi.489. — 2. a turban, head — dress D
n. 2) in °vāda heretic doctrine Mhvs 36, 41; Dpvs 22, 45;
i.126; A i.145; iii.380 (sīsa°); J v.187; DhA iv.213; PvA 161.
-°vādin an adherent of this doctrine.
— 3. wrapping, clothing, wrap, shawl J vi.12. — Cp. pali°.
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