The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vivajjeti
Vivajjeti [vi+vajjeti] to avoid, abandon, forsake S i.43; A v.17; Sn 53 (= parivajj˚ abhivajj˚ Nd2 592), 399
(˚jjaya), 407 (praet. ˚jjayi); Vv 8438 (˚jjay!tha=parivajjetha VvA 346); J i.473; iii.263, 481 (˚jjayi); v.233
(Pot. ˚jjaye); Miln 129; Sdhp 210, 353, 395. -- pp. vivajjita. -- Pass. vivajjati J i.27.
Viva&a
Viva&a [vi+va&a, pp. of v%: see vu*!ti] uncovered, open (lit. & fig.), laid bare, unveiled Sn 19 (lit.), 374
(fig.= an!va&a SnA 366), 763, 793 (=open -- minded); Nd1 96; Pug 45, 46 (read viva&a for pi va&a; opp.
pihita); Vism 185 (opp. pihita); J v.434; DhA iii.79; VvA 27; PvA 283 (mukha unveiled). -- viva&ena cetas!
"with mind awake & clear" D iii.223; A iv.86; S v.263; cp. cetovivara*a. -- viva&a is freq. v. l. for vivatta ( -
- cchada), e. g. at A ii.44; Sn 372; DhA iii.195; SnA 265 (in expln of term); sometimes the only reading in
this phrase (q. v.), e. g. at Nd2 593. -- instr. viva&ena as adv. "openly" Vin ii.99; iv.21. -- cakkhu open --
minded, clear -- sighted Sn 921; Nd1 354. -- dv!ra (having) an open door, an open house J v.293 (a..ha˚
half open); DhA ii.74 -- nakkhatta a yearly
-- 637 --
festival, "Public Day," called after the fashion of the people going uncovered (appa&icchannena sar"rena) &
bare -- footed to the river DhA i.388.
Viva&aka
Viva&aka (adj.) [viva&a+ka] open (i. e. not secret) Vin ii.99.
Viva&&a
Viva&&a (m. & nt.) [vi+va&&a1] 1. "rolling back," with ref. to the development of the world (or the aeons,
kappa) used to denote a devolving cycle ("devolution"), whereas va&&a alone or sa'va&&a denote the
involving cycle (both either with or without kappa). Thus as "periods" of the world they practically mean
the same thing & may both be interpreted in the sense of a new beginning. As redupl. -- inter. cpds. they
express only the idea of constant change. We sometimes find viva&&a in the sense of "renewal" & sa'va&&a
in the sense of "destruction," where we should expect the opposite meaning for each. See also va&&a &
sa'va&ta. Dogmatically viva&&a is used as "absence of va&&a," i. e. nibb!na or salvation from sa's!ra (see
va&&a & cp. citta -- viva&&a, ceto˚, ñ!*a˚, vimokkha˚ at Ps i.108 & ii.70). -- Fig. in kamma˚ "the rolling back
of k.," i. e. devolution or course of kamma at S i.85. -- Abs. & combd with sa'va&&a (i. e. devolution combd
with evolution) e. g. at D i.14, 16 sq.; iii.109; A ii.142 (where read viva&&e for viva&&o); Pug 60; Vism 419
(here as m. viva&&o, compared with sa'va&&o), 420 (˚&&h!yin). In cpd. ˚kappa (i. e. descending aeon) at D
iii.51; Pug 60; It 15. -- 2. (nt.) part of a bhikkhu's dress (rolling up of the binding?), combd with anu --
viva&&a at Vin i.287.
Viva&&ati
Viva&&ati [vi+va&&ati] 1. to move back, to go back, to revolve, to begin again (of a new world -- cycle),
contrasted with sa'va&&ati to move in an ascending line (cp. viva&&a) D i.17; iii.84, 109; Vism 327. -- 2. to
be distracted or diverted from (abl.), to turn away; to turn over, to be upset Nett 131; Pug 32 (so read for
vivattati); Ps ii.98 (ppr.). -- pp. viva&&a.
Viva&&ana
Viva&&ana (nt.) & ˚! (f) [fr. viva&&ati] turning away, moving on, moving back Ps i.66; ii.98; Vism 278 (f.;
expld as "magga").