The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vatta1 (nt.) [orig. pp. of vattati] 1. that which is done, which goes on or is customary, i. e. duty, service,
custom, function Vin ii.31; Sn 294, 393 (gaha&&ha˚); Vism 188 (cetiy' anga*a˚ etc.); DhA i.92 (!cariya˚);
VbhA 354 (gata -- pacc!gata˚); VvA 47 (g!ma˚). -- 2. (for vata2) observance, vow, virtue D iii.9 (the 7
vattapad!ni, diff. from those enumd under vata -- pada); Nd1 66 (s"lañ ca vattañ ca), 92 (hatthi˚ etc.: see
vata2 2), 104 (˚suddhi), 106 (id.), 188 (giving 8 dhutangas as vattas). -- pa&ivatta all kinds of practices or
duties J i.67; ii.103; iii.339; iv.298; Miln 416 (sucarita˚); DhA i.13 sq.; ii.277; iv.28. -- bbata the usual
custom DhA iv.44; C on S i.36 § 2 and on S ii.18 § 4 sq. -- sampanna one who keeps all observances VbhA
297 (where the foll. vatt!ni are enumd: 82 khuddaka -- vatt!ni. 14 mah!˚, cetiyanga*a˚, bodhiyanga*a˚,
p!n"yam!)a˚, uposath!g!ra˚, !gantuka˚, gamika˚).
Vatta
Vatta2 (nt.) [cp. Sk. vaktra & P. vattar] the mouth (lit. "speaker") Pgdp 55 (s(ci -- vatto mah'odaro peto).
Vatta
Vatta3 [vyatta, Sk. vy!tta, of vi+!+d!] opened wide Vin iii.37; J v.268 (vatte mukhe).
-- 598 --
Vatta
Vatta4 at J v.443 is corrupt for va*&ha cripple.
Vattaka
Vattaka (adj.) [fr. vatta1] doing, exercising, influencing; in vasa˚ having power, neg. avasa˚ having no free
will, involuntary PvA 64.
Vattati
Vattati [Vedic vartate; v%t. A differentiated P. form is va&&ati. -- Cp. Av. var8t to turn, Sk. vartana turning,
vartul!=Lat. vertellum=E. whorl (Ger. wirtel) & vertil; Gr. r(ata/nh; Goth. waírpan=Ger. werden (to
become, E. "turn"); Goth. -- waírps=E. -- wards; Obulg. vrPteno spindle; and many others (e. g. Lat. vertex,
vortex), q. v. Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. verto] to move, go on, proceed; to happen, take place, to be; to be in
existence; to fare, to do Sn p. 13 (parivesan! vattati distribution of food was in progress); Sn 654 (kamman!
vattati loko keeps up, goes on); Pv ii.944 (vatteyya); Miln 338 (na cira' vattate bhavo). -- grd. vattabba to
be proceeded, or simply "to be" Vin ii.8 (so read for vatth˚): niss!ya te v. "thou must remain under the
superintendence of others" (Vin. Texts, ii.344). -- Often equal to atthi or (pl.) santi, i. e. is (are), e. g. J
vi.504; SnA 100 (b!)h! vedan! vattanti); PvA 40. -- ppr. med. vattam!na see sep. -- pp. vatta. -- Caus.
vatteti to make go on, to keep up, practise, pursue Sn 404 (eta' vattaya' pursuing this); freq. in phrases
vasa' vatteti to exercise power, e. g. PvA 89; and cakka' vatteti to wield royal power, to govern (cp.
expression cakkavattin & see pavatteti) Sn 554, 684 (vattessati), 693 (dhamma -- cakka'); J iii.412. -- grd.
vattitabba to be practised Vin ii.32. -- pp. vattita.
Vattana
Vattana (nt.) [fr. vattati] moving on, upkeep, existence, continuance Sn 698 (cakka˚ continuance of royal
power); Mhvs 3, 38.
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