The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Va
Va4 is (metrically) shortened form of v!, as found e. g. Dh 195 (yadi va for yadi v!); or in correlation va --
va either -- or: Dh 108 (yi&&ha' va huta' va), 138 (!b!dha' va cittakkhepa' va p!pu*e).
Va'sa
Va'sa [Vedic va'$a reed, bamboo (R.V.)] 1. a bamboo Sn 38 (va'so vis!lo va; va'so expld at Nd2 556 as
"ve)ugumba," at SnA 76 as "ve)u"), ibid. (˚ka)"ra); J vi.57; Vism 255 (˚ka)"ra); KhA 50 (id.). -- 2. race,
lineage, family A ii.27 (ariya˚ of noble family); S v.168 (ca*.!la˚); J i.89, 139; iv.390 (ca*.!la˚); v.251
(uju˚); Mhvs 4, 5 (pitu -- gh!taka -- va'so a parricidal race). -- 3. tradition, hereditary custom, usage,
reputation Miln 148 (!cariya˚), 190 (Tath!gat!na'); KhA 12 (Buddha˚); Dpvs 18, 3 (saddhamma˚ -- kovid!
ther!). -- va'sa' n!seti to break family tradition J v.383; va'sa' ucchindati id. J v.383; or upacchindati J
iv.63; opp. pati&&h!peti to establish the reputation J v.386. -- 4. dynasty Mhvs 36, 61 (kassa v. &hassati). -- 5.
a bamboo flute, fife Miln 31; VvA 210. -- 6. a certain game, at D i.6 in enumn of pastimes and tricks
(ca*.!lava'sa -- dhopana), a passage which shows an old corruption. Bdhgh at DA i.84 takes each word
separately and expls va'sa as "ve*u' uss!petv! k")ana'" (i. e. a game consisting in raising a bamboo; is it
climbing a pole? Cp. va'sa -- ghatik! "a kind of game" Divy 475), against Dial. i.9 "acrobatic feats by
Ca*.!las." Cp. J iv.390 in same passage. Franke (D"gha trsln) has "bamboo -- tricks"; his conjecture as
"va'sa -- dhamana'," playing the bamboo pipe (cp. Miln 31: "va'sadhamaka"), as oldest reading is to be
pointed out. On va'sa in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 134. -- !gata come down fr. father to son, hereditary
Mhvs 23, 85. -- ânup!laka guarding tradition Sdhp 474 (ariya˚). -- ânurakkhaka preserving the lineage,
carrying on the tradition J iv.444; Vism 99 (+pave*i -- p!laka); DhA iii.386. -- coraka N. of a certain kind
of reed (cp. coraka: plant used for perfume) J v.406 (C. for ve)uka). -- ja belonging to a race Mhvs 1, 1
(suddha˚). -- ñña born of good family A ii.27. -- dhara upholding tradition Miln 164. -- dhara*a id. Miln
226. -- nalaka bamboo reed KhA 52, 59 (with note Sn Index p. 870: na)aka). -- n!)a id. Miln 102. -- r!ga
the colour of bamboo, a term for the ve)uriya gem J iv.141. -- va**a the ve)uriya gem Abhp 491.
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Va'sika
Va'sika ( -- ˚) (adj.) [fr. va'sa] descended from, belonging to a family (of) S v.168 (ca*.!la˚).
Vaka
Vaka1 [Vedic v%ka, Idg. *9I!q9o=Lat. lupus, Gr. lu/kos, Lith. vilkas, Goth. wulfs=E. wolf etc.] wolf, only in
poetry Sn 201; J i.336; ii.450; v.241, 302.
Vaka
Vaka2 (indecl.): a root vak is given at Dhtp 7 & Dhtm 8 in meaning "!d!ne," i. e. grasping, together with a
root kuk as synonym. It may refer to vaka1 wolf, whereas kuk would explain koka wolf. The notion of
voraciousness is prevalent in the characterization of the wolf (see all passages of vaka1, e. g. J v.302).
Vakula
Vakula [cp. *Sk. vakula] a tree (Mimusops elengi) J v.420.
Vakka
Vakka1 (adj.) [Vedic vakra; the usual P. form is vanka] crooked J i.216.