The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

intensive -- iterative meaning), ˚vasena in direct and inverse succession, all round, completely J i.75. Cp.
also vatta -- pa&ivatta. -- (2) sa's!ra in ascending and descending lines, evolution ("involution") and
devolution, or one round of transmigration and the other. It is dogmatically defined at Nett 113 as "va&&a'
sa's!ro viva&&a' nibb!na'" (similarly, opposed to va&&a at DA i.126) which is however not the general
meaning, the viva&&a not necessarily meaning a nibb!na stage. See SnA 106 (quoted above); VvA 68. We
have so far not found any passage where it might be interpreted in the comprehensive sense as meaning
"the total round of existences, " after the fashion of cpds. like bhavâbhava. -- loha "round metal" (?), one of
the 3 kittima -- loh!ni mentioned at VbhA 63 (ka'sa˚, va&&a˚, !rak(&a); also at Miln 267 (with k!)a˚, tamba˚
& ka'sa˚, where in the trsln Rh. D. does not give a def. expln of the word).
Va&&a
Va&&a2 ("rained"): see abhiva&&a and va&&ha (vu&&ha); otherwise only at DhA ii.265.
Va&&aka
Va&&aka (nt.) [fr. v%t, or P. va&&a] a cart, in ha&&ha˚ hand- cart Vin ii.276.
Va&&ak!
Va&&ak! (f.) (& va&&aka˚) [cp. Sk. vartak! & Ved. vartik!] the quail M iii.159 sq.; J i.172, 208 (va&&aka --
luddaka); iii.312; DhA iii.175 (loc. pl. va&&akesu). -- The Va&&aka -- j!taka at J i.208 sq. (cp. J v.414).
Va&&ati
Va&&ati [Vedic v%t. The representative of vattati (=Sk. vartate) in specialized meaning. The regular meaning
of *vartate (with va&&ana), viz. "turning round," is attached to va&&ati only in later P!li & sometimes
doubtful. It is found also in the Caus. va&&eti. The defn of va&& (literal meaning) at Dhtp 89 is "va&&ana," and
at Dhtm 107 "!vattana"] 1. to turn round, to move on: doubtful in "kattha va&&a' na va&&ati" S i.15;
preferably with v. l. as va..hati. -- Caus. I. va&&eti to turn or twist J i.338 (rajju'); to cause to move or go on
(in weaving; tasara' v. to speed the shuttle) SnA 265, 266. Should we read va..heti? Cp. !va&&eti. -- Caus.
II. va&&!peti to cause to turn J i.422. -- 2. to be right or fit or proper, to behove; it ought to (with infin.); with
instr. of person who ought to do this or that, e. g. s"l!c!ra -- sampannena bhavitu' va&&ati J i.188; kataññun!
bhavitu' v. J i.122. -- See e. g. J i.376; ii.352, 406; Miln 9; Vism 184; DhA ii.38, 90, 168; SnA 414 (vattu'
to say); VvA 63, 69, 75; PvA 38 (d!tu'). The noun to va&&ati is vatta (not va&&a!).
Va&&ana
Va&&ana (nt.) [fr. v%t, va&&ati] turning round Dhtp 89 (in defn of va&&ati). Cp. !va&&ana.
Va&&an!
Va&&an! (f.) [fr. v%t] in ˚val" is a line or chain of balls ("rounds," i. e. rings or spindles). Reading somewhat
doubtful. It occurs at M i.80, 81 (seyyath! v. eva' me pi&&hi -- ka*&ako unnat' âvanato hoti; Neumann trsls
"wie eine Kugelkette wurde mein Rückgrat mit den hervor -- und zurücktretenden Wirbeln") and at J v.69
(spelt "va&&han! -- vali -- sank!s! pi&&hi te ninnat' unnat!," with C. expln "pi&&hika -- &&h!ne !vu*itv! &h!pit!
va&&han! -- vali -- sadis!"). The J trsln by Dutoit gives "einer Reihe von Spinnwirteln dein Rücken gleicht
im Auf und Nieder"; the E. tsrln has "Thy back like spindles in a row, a long unequal curve doth show."
Va&&ani
Va&&ani (f.) [cp. Vedic vartani circumference of a wheel, course] a ring, round, globe, ball Th 2, 395
(va&&ani -- riva; expld at ThA 259 as "l!kh!ya gu)ik! viya," trsln Sisters 154: "but a little ball").