The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vadhuk! (f.) [fr. vadh(] a daughter-in-law, a young wife A ii.78; DhA iii.260.
Vadh(
Vadh( (f.) [Ved. vadh(; to Lith. vedù to lead into one's house] a daughter-in-law VvA 123.
Vana
Vana1 (nt.) [Ved. vana. -- The P. (edifying) etymology clearly takes vana as belonging to van, and,
dogmatically, equals it with vana2 as an allegorical expression ("jungle") to ta*h! (e. g. DhsA 364 on Dhs
1059; DhA iii.424 on Dh 283). -- The Dhtp (174) & Dhtm (254) define it "sambhattiya'," i. e. as meaning
companionship] the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure & sport ("wood"), as well as of danger &
frightfulness ("jungle"), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness ("forest"). Of (fanciful) defns of
vana may be mentioned: SnA 24 (vanute vanot" ti vana'); KhA 111 (vanayat" ti vana'); DhsA 364 (ta' ta'
!ramma*a' vanati bhajati all"yat" ti vana', y!cati v! ti vana' [i. e. vana2]. vanatho ti vyañjanena pada'
va..hita' . . . balava -- ta*h!y'eta' n!ma); DhA iii.424 (mahant! rukkh! vana' n!ma, khuddak! tasmi'
vane &hitatt! vanath! n!ma etc., with further distinguishing detail, concerning the allegorical meanings). --
D ii.256 (bhikkh(*a' samiti' vana'); A i.35, 37; Dh 283 (also as vana2); Sn 272, 562 (s"ho nadati vane),
1015 (id.), 684 (Isivhaya v.); Sn p. 18 (Jetavana), p. 115 (Icch!nangala); Th 2, 147 (Añjanavana; a wood
near S!keta, with a vih!ra); J v.37 (here meaning beds of lotuses); Miln 219 (vana' sodheti to clear a
jungle); Dhs 1059 ("jungle"=ta*h!); Pv ii.65 (arañña˚ -- gocara); Vism 424 (Nandana˚ etc.); DhA iv.53
(ta*h!˚ the jungle of lust). Characterized as amba˚ mango grove D ii.126 and passim; amb!&aka˚ plum
grove Vin ii.17; udumbara of figs DhA i.284; tapo˚ forest of ascetics ThA 136; DhA iv.53; n!ga˚ elephant
forest M i.175; brah! wild forest A i.152; iii.44; Vv 633; J v.215; mah!˚ great forest Th 2, 373 (rahita' &
bhi'sanaka'). -- vanatara' (with compar. suffix) thicker jungle, denser forest Miln 269 (vanato vanatara'
pavis!ma). -- On similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 133. Cp. vi˚. -- anta the border of the forest, the forest itself Sn
708, 709; Pv ii.310 (=vana C.). -- kammika one who works in the woods J iv.210 (˚purisa); v.427, 429. --
gahana jungle thicket Vism 647 (in simile). -- gumba a dense cluster of trees Vv 817 (cp. VvA 315). --
caraka a forester SnA 51 (in simile). -- cetya a shrine in the wood J v.255. -- timira forest darkness; in
metaphor ˚matt -- akkhin at J iv.285=v.284, which Kern (Toev. s. v.) changes into ˚patt -- akkhin , i. e. with
eyes like the leaves of the forest darkness. Kern compares Sk. vanajapattr'!k+" Mbh i.171, 43, and vanaja --
locan! Avad. Kalp. 3, 137. The Cy. explns are "vana -- timira -- puppha -- sam!n' akkh"," and "giri --
ka**ika -- sam!na -- nett!"; thus taking it as name of the plant Clitoria ternatea. -- dahaka (& ˚dahana)
burning the forest (aggi) KhA 21 (in simile). -- devat! forest deva S iv.302. -- ppagumba a forest grove
VbhA 196. -- ppati (& vanaspati) [cp. Vedic vanaspati, Prk. va*apphai] "lord of the forest," a forest tree; as
vanappati only at Vin iii.47; otherwise vanaspati, e. g. S iv.302 (osadh"+ti*a+v.; opposed to herbs, as in
R.V.); A i.152; J i.329; iv.233 (ti*a -- lat! -- vanaspatiyo); DhA i.3. -- pattha a forest jungle D i.71; iii.38,
49, 195; M i.16, 104; Vin ii.146; A i.60; iii.138 (arañña˚); Pug 59, 68; DA i.210. -- pantha a jungle road A
i.241. -- bhanga gleanings of the wood, i. e. presents of wild fruit & flowers A iv.197. -- m(la a wild root D
i.166 (+phala); A i.241 (id.); Miln 278. -- rati delight in the forest DhA ii.100. -- va**an! praise of the
jungle DhA ii.100. -- v!sin forest -- dweller SnA 56 (Mah! -- tissatthera). -- sa*.a jungle -- thicket, dense
jungle D i.87, 117; S iii.109 (tibba v. avijj!ya adhivacana); A iii.30; J i.82, 170; DhA i.313; ii.100.
Vana
Vana2 (nt.) [van; vanati & vanoti to desire=Av. vanaiti Lat. venus, Ohg. wini friend (: E. winsome,
attractive) wunsc=E. wish, giwon=E. wont; also "to win." The spelling sometimes is va*: see va*i. -- The
defn at Dhtp 523 is "y!cane" (i. e. from begging), at Dhtm 736 "y!c!ya'"] lust, desire. In exegetical
literature mixed up with vana1 (see definitions of vana1). -- The word to the P!li Buddhist forms a
connection between vana and nibb!na, which is felt as a quâsi derivation fr. nibbana= nis+vana: see
nibbana & cp. nibb!na II. B 1. -- S i.180 (so 'ha' vane nibbanatho visallo); Sn 1131 (nibbana); Dh 334; Th
1, 691 (van! nibbana' !gata'). -- A Denom. fr. vana2 is van!yati (like van"yati fr. va*i).
Vanaka