The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Va*&ati [dial. Sk. va*&] to partition, share; is given as root va*& at Dhtp 92, 561 and Dhtm 787 in meaning
"vibh!jana." -- Another root va*& is found at Dhtm 108 with unmeaning expln "va*&' atthe."
Va*&ika
Va*&ika (adj.) ( -- ˚) [va*&a+ika] having a stalk; only in phrase ekato˚ & ubhato˚ having a stalk on one or on
both sides (of a wreath) Vin ii.10; iii.180; DhA i.419.
Va**a
Va**a [cp. Vedic var*a, of v%: see vu*!ti. Customary definition as "va**ane" at Dhtp 572] appearance etc.
(lit. "cover, coating"). There is a considerable fluctuation of meaning, especially between meanings 2, 3, 4.
One may group as follows. -- 1. colour Sn 447 (meda˚); S v.216 (chavi˚ of the skin); A iii.324 (sankha˚);
Th 1, 13 (n"l'abbha˚); Vv 4510 (danta˚=ivory white); Pv iv.39; DhA ii.3 (aru*a˚); SnA 319 (chavi˚); VvA 2
(vicitta˚); PvA 215. Six colours are usually enumd as va**!, viz. n"la p"ta lohitaka od!ta mañje&&ha
pabhassara Ps i.126; cp. the 6 colours under r(pa at Dhs 617 (where k!)aka for pabbassara); J i.12
(chabba**a -- buddha -- rasmiyo). Groups of five see under pañca 3 (cp. J i.222). -- dubba**a of bad
colour, ugly S i.94; A v.61; Ud 76; Sn 426; It 99; Pug 33; VvA 9; PvA 32, 68. Opp. suva**a of beautiful
colour, lovely A v.61; It 99. Also as term for "silver." -- As t. t. in descriptions or analyses (perhaps better
in meaning "appearance") in abl. va**ato by colour, with sa*&h!nato and others: Vism 184 ("k!)a v! od!ta
v! manguracchavi v!"), 243=VbhA 225; Nett 27. -- 2. appearance S i.115 (kassaka -- va**a'
abhinimminitv!); J i.84 (id. with m!*avaka˚); Pv ii.110 (=chavi -- va**a PvA 71); iii.32 (kanakassa
sannibha); VvA 16; cp. ˚dh!tu. -- 3. lustre, splendour (cp. next meaning) D iii.143 (suva**a˚, or=1); Pv
ii.962 (na koci devo va**ena sambuddha' atirocati); iii.91 (suriya˚); Vv 291 (=sar"r' obh!sa VvA 122);
PvA 10 (suva**a˚), 44. -- 4. beauty (cp. va**avant) D ii.220 (abhikkanta˚); M i.142 (id.); D iii.68 (!yu+);
Pv ii.910 (=r(pa -- sampatti PvA 117). Sometimes combd with other ideals, as (in set of 5): !yu, sukha,
yasa, sagga A iii.47; or !yu, yasa, sukha, !dhipacca J iv.275, or (4): !yu, sukha, bala A iii.63. -- 5.
expression, look, specified as mukha˚, e. g. S iii.2, 235; iv.275 sq.; A v.342; Pv iii.91; PvA 122. 6.
colour of skin, appearance of body, complexion M ii.32 (parama), 84 (se&&ha); A iii.33 (dibba); iv.396 (id.);
Sn 610 (doubtful, more likely because of its combn with sara to below 8!), 686 (anoma˚); Vism 422
(eva'˚=odato v! s!mo v!). Cp. ˚pokkharat!. In special sense applied as distinguishing mark of race or
species, thus also constituting a mark of class (caste) distinction & translatable as "(social) grade, rank,
caste" (see on term Dial. i.27, 99 sq.; cp. Vedic !rya var*a and d!sa var*a RV ii.12, 9; iii.34, 9: see
Zimmer, Altind. Leben 113 and in greater detail Macdonell & Keith, Vedic Index ii.247 sq.). The
customary enumn is of 4 such grades, viz. khattiy! br!hma*! vess! sudd! Vin ii.239; A iv.202; M ii.128,
but cp. Dial. i.99 sq. -- See also Vin iv.243 (here applied as general term of "grade" to the alms -- bowls:
tayo pattassa va**!, viz. ukka&&ha, majjhima, omaka; cp. below 7); D i.13, 91; J vi.334; Miln 225
(khattiya˚, br!hma*a˚). -- 7. kind, sort Miln 128 (n!n!˚), cp. Vin iv.243, as mentioned under 6. -- 8. timbre
(i. e. appearance) of voice, contrasted to sara intonation, accent; may occasionally be taken as "vowel." See
A i.229 (+sara); iv.307 (id.); Sn 610 (id., but may mean "colour of skin": see 6), 1132 (gira' va**'
upasa'hita', better than meaning "comment"); Miln 340 (+sara). 9. constitution, likeness, property; adj.
( -- ˚) "like": aggi˚ like fire Pv iii.66 (=aggi -- sadisa PvA 203). -- 10. ("good impression") praise DhA i.115
(magga˚);
-- 597 --
usually combd and contrasted with ava**a blame, e. g. D i.1, 117, 174; A i.89; ii.3; iii.264; iv.179, 345; DA
i.37. -- 11. reason ("outward appearance") S i.206 (=k!ra*a K.S. i.320); Vv 846 (=k!ra*a VvA 336); Pv
iv.16 (id. PvA 220); iv.148. -- !roha (large) extent of beauty Sn 420. -- kasi*a the colour circle in the
practice of meditation VbhA 251. -- k!raka (ava**e) one who makes something (unsightly) appear
beautiful J v.270. -- da giving colour, i. e. beauty Sn 297. -- dada giving beauty A ii.64. -- dasaka the ten
(years) of complexion or beauty (the 3rd decade in the life of man) Vism 619; J iv.497. -- d!s" "slave of
beauty," courtezan, prostitute J i.156 sq., 385; ii.367, 380; iii.463; vi.300; DhA i.395; iv.88. -- dh!tu
composition or condition of appearance, specific form, material form, natural beauty S i.131; Pv i.31; PvA