The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Va**eti
Va**eti [Denom. fr. va**a] 1. to describe, explain, comment on J i.2, 222; KhA 168; SnA 23, 160, 368. 2. to praise, applaud, extol J i.59, 84; PvA 131 (+pasa'sati). -- pp. va**ita.
Vata
Vata1 (indecl.) [Vedic bata, post -- Vedic vata] part of ex- clamation: surely, certainly, indeed, alas! Vin
iii.39 (puris' usabho vat' âya' "for sure he is a human bull"); Th 2, 316 (abbhuta' vata v!ca' bh!sasi); Sn
178, 191, 358; Vv 4713; Pv i.85; J iv.355; PvA 13, 61, 75, 121. Often combd with other emphatic particles,
like aho vata Pv ii.945 (=s!dhu vata PvA 131); l!bh! vata no it is surely a gain that Sn 31; DhA ii.95; vata
bho J i.81.
Vata
Vata2 (m. & nt.) [cp. Vedic vrata vow. fr. v%t, meaning later "milk" (see Macdonell & Keith, Vedic Index
ii.341)] 1. a religious duty, observance, rite, practice, custom S i.143, 201; iv.180; A iv.461 (s"la, vata,
tapas, brahmacariya); v.18; Sn 792, 898; Vv 8424; J iii.75; VvA 9; PvA 60. -- subbata of good practice Vv
346. Cp. patibbata, s"labbata. -- 2. manner of (behaving like) a certain animal (as a practice of ascetics), e.
g. aja˚ like a goat J iv.318; go˚ like a cow M i.387; J iv.318; vagguli˚ bat practice J i.493; iii.235; iv.299;
hatthi˚ elephant behaviour Nd1 92 (here as vatta; see under vatta1). -- pada an item of good practice, virtue
(otherwise called gu*a at Miln 90) J i.202 (where 7 are enumd, viz. devotion to one's mother & father,
reverence towards elder people, speaking the truth, gentle speech, open speech, unselfishness); Miln 90
(where 8 are given in detail, differing from the above). See also vatta1 2. where other sets of 7 & 8 are
quoted. -- sam!d!na taking up a (good) practice, observance of a vow J i.157.
Vatavant
Vatavant (adj.) [vata2+vant] observant of religious duties, devout Sn 624 (= dhuta -- vatena samann!gata
SnA 467); Dh 400 (with same expln at DhA iv.165 as as SnA 467).
Vati
Vati1 (f.) [later Sk. v%ti, fr. v%] a fence J i.153; iii.272; v.472; Vism 186 (vat", v. l. vati); SnA 98 (v. l. for
gutti), 148 (v. l. for ˚vatik!).
Vati
Vati2 (f.) [fr. v%, cp. Sk. v%ti] a choice, boon DhA i.190 (pubbe S!m! n!ma vatiy! pana k!ritatt! S!m!vat"
n!ma j!t!).
Vatika
Vatika (adj.) ( -- ˚) [vata2+ika] having the habit (of), acting like M i.387 (kukkura˚).
Vatik!
Vatik! (f.) [fr. vati1] a fence SnA 148 (ka*&aka˚ & rukkha˚).
Vatta