The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

(tela˚); Sdhp 332, 390. -- Five trades must not be carried on by lay followers of the Buddha, viz. sattha˚
trade in swords, satta˚ in living beings, ma'sa˚ in meat, majja˚ in intoxicants, visa˚ in poisons A iii.208,
quoted at DA i.235 and SnA 379.
Va*ita
Va*ita [pp. of *va*eti, Denom. fr. va*a] wounded, bruised Pv ii.24; J i.150; Sdhp 395.
Va*ippattha
Va*ippattha [va*ik+patha, in meaning patha 2] trading, trade Vin i.229=D ii.87= Ud 88 (with ref. to
P!&aliputta).
Va*ibbaka
Va*ibbaka [va*ibba+ka. The form *va*ibba, according to Geiger, P.Gr. § 461, distorted fr. va*iya, thus
"travelling merchant, wayfarer." Spelling wavers between va*ibb˚ & vanibb˚. The BSk. form is van"paka,
e. g. at Av- i.248; ii.37; Divy 83; occurring also as va*"yaka at Divy 83] a wayfarer, beggar, pauper Sn 100
(*); J iv.403, 406 (n); v.172 (=bhojaputta C.; n); vi.232 (n); DA i.298 (*); PvA 78 (n), 112 (n); VvA 5 (n).
Often combd with similar terms in phrase kapa*' addhika [iddhika] va*ibbaka -- y!cak! indigents, tramps,
wayfarers & beggars, e. g. D i.137 (*); Miln 204 (*); DhA i.105 (*). Other spurious forms are va*id"paka
PvA 120; van"paka Cp. i.49.
Va*ibbin
Va*ibbin (adj. -- n.) [fr. *va*ibba] begging, a beggar, tramp J iii.312; iv.410 (=y!canto C.). Spelling at both
places n. See also vanin.
Va*"yati
Va*"yati see van"yati.
Va*eti
Va*eti [Caus. of van (see etym. under vana2), cp. va*i (vani). It may be derived directly fr. v%, v%*!ti=P.
vu*!ti, as shown by va*imhase. A Denom. fr. vani is van"yati] to wish, desire, ask, beg J v.27 (spelt
va**eti; C. expls as v!reti icchati); pres. med. 1st pl. va*imhase (=Sk. v%*"mahe) J ii.137 (= icch!ma C.).
As vanayati at KhA 111 (vanayat" ti vana').
Va*&a
Va*&a (nt.) [Epic Sk. v%nta] a stalk S iii.155=D i.73 (˚chinna with its stalk cut); J i.70; Ap 62; Vism 356 (in
comparison); SnA 296; VbhA 60; DhA ii.42; iv.112; VvA 44. ava*&a (of thana, the breast of a woman) not
on a stalk (i. e. well -- formed, plump) J v.155. So to be trsld here, although va*&a as medical term is given
in BR with meaning "nipple." -- See also t!lava*&a
Va*&aka
Va*&aka (adj:) ( -- ˚) [va*&a+ka] having a stalk; a˚ not fastened on stalks J v.203.
Va*&ati