The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Va..haki (& ˚") [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vardhaki & vardha- kin; perhaps from vardh to cut: see vaddheti] a
carpenter, builder, architect, mason. On their craft and guilds see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 181 sq.; Mrs.
Rh. D. Cambridge Hist. Ind. i.206. -- The word is specially characteristic of the J!takas and other popular
(later) literature J i.32, 201, 247; ii.170; vi.332 sq., 432; Ap. 51; DhA i.269; iv.207; Vism 94; PvA 141;
Mhbv 154. -- i&&ha˚ a stonemason Mhvs 35, 102; nagara˚ the city architect Miln 331, 345; br!hma*a˚ a
brahmin carpenter J iv.207; mah!˚ chief carpenter, master builder Vism 463. In metaphor ta*h! the artificer
lust DhA iii.128. -- g!ma a carpenter village J ii.18, 405; iv.159.
Va..hati
Va..hati [Vedic vardhati, v%dh, cp. Av. v8r8daiti to increase. To this root belongs P. uddha "high up" (=Gr.
orqo/s straight). Defd at Dhtp 109 simply as "va..hane"] primary meaning "to increase" (trs. & intrs.);
hence: to keep on, to prosper, to multiply, to grow S i.15 (read va..h˚ for va&&˚); ii.206 (va**ena); iv.73,
250; A v.249 (paññ!ya); Sn 329 (paññ! ca sutañ ca); J iii.131 (por!*a' va..ha' va..hata', imper. med.
3rd sg.); v.66 (sad! so va..hate r!j! sukka -- pakkhe va candim!); Pv i.12 (d!t! puññena v.); Pug 71; Miln
9; Mhvs 7, 68 (putta -- dh"t!hi va..hitv! having numerous sons & daughters); 22, 73 (ubho va..hi'su
d!rak!, grew up); SnA 319; PvA 94. -- ppr. va..ham!na (1) thriving KhA 119 (read as Va..h˚, Np.); -- (2)
increasing J i.199 (putta -- dh"t!hi); Mhvs 23, 34 (˚ch!y!ya' as the shadows increased). -- See also pari˚. --
pp. va..ha, vaddha, vu..ha, vuddha, bu..ha. -- Caus. I. va..heti, in many shades of meaning, all based
upon the notion of progressive motion. Thus to be translated in any of the foll. senses: to increase, to make
move on (cp. vv. ll. va&&eti), to bring on to, to further; to take an interest in, to indulge in, practise; to be
busy with, cause to prosper; to arrange; to make for; and in a general sense "to make" (cp. derivation
va..haka "maker," i. e. tailor; va..haki id., i. e. carpenter; va..hana, etc.). The latter development into
"make" is late. -- 1. to increase, to raise Sn 275 (raja'); DA i.115; Mhvs 29, 66 (mangala' to raise the
chant); PvA 168 (+br(heti). -- 2. to cultivate (vipassana' insight) J i.117 (aor. ˚esi); PvA 14. -- 3. to rear, to
bring up Mhvs 35, 103 (aor. va..hesi). -- 4. (with ref. to food) to get ready, arrange, serve in (loc.) J iii.445
(p!tiy! on the dish); iv.67 (karo&iya'), 391. -- 5. to exalt J i.338 (akul"ne va..hessati). -- 6. to participate in,
to practise, attend to, to serve (acc.) S ii.109 (tanha'); A ii.54 (ka&asi' to serve the cemetery, i. e. to die
again and again: see refs. under ka&asi); Vism 111 (kasi*a'), 152. -- 7. to make move on, to set into motion
(for va&&eti?), in tasara' v. SnA 265, 266. -- 8. to take up Mhvs 26, 10 (kunta'). -- pp. va..hita. -- Caus. II.
va..h!peti: 1. to cause to be enlarged Mhvs 35, 119. 2. to cause to be brought up or reared J i.455. -- 3.
to have attended to Vin ii.134 (massu'). -- 4. to cause to be made up (of food) J iv.68.
Va..hana
Va..hana (nt. & adj.) [fr. va..heti; see also vaddhana] 1. increasing, augmenting, fostering; increase,
enlargement, prolongation M i.518 (h!yana˚ decrease & increase); J iii.422 (kula˚, spelling ddh); Mhvs 35,
73 (!yussa); DhsA 406; PvA 31; Miln 320 (bala˚ strengthincreasing); Dhtp 109; Sdhp 361. -- 2. indulgence
in, attachment; serving, practising Sn 1084 (takka˚); J i.146 (ka&asi˚, q. v. & cp. va..heti 6); Vism 111
(˚âva..hana), 152, 320. Here belong the phrases raja˚ & loka˚. -- 3. arrangement J vi.11 (pa&havi --
va..hanaka -- kamma the act of attending to, i. e. smoothing the ground). -- 4. serving for, enhancing,
favouring Pv iii.36 (rati -- nandi˚). -- 5. potsherd [connected with vardh? See vaddheti] J iii.226 (C.
ka&halika; uncertain). -- 6. a kind of garment, as pu**a˚ (full of costliness? but perhaps not connected with
va..h˚ at all) Mhvs 23, 33 & 37 (where C. expls: anaggh!ni eva'n!mik!ni vattha -- yug!ni). Cp.
va..ham!na.
Va..hanaka
Va..hanaka (adj.) [fr. va..hana, cp. va..heti 4] serving, in f. ˚ik! a serving (of food), a dish (bhatta˚) DhA
188 (so read for va..hinik!).
Va..ham!na