The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

(between), to exchange (greeting), to address, converse (katha'), greet. Often in phrase s!r!*"ya'
sammodan"ya' katha' v"tis!reti [for which BSk. sammodan"' sa'rañjan"' vividh!' kath!' vyatis!rayati, e.
g. Av- ii.140] D i.52, 90, 118, 152; Sn 419; cp. Miln 19; J iv.98 (shortened to s!r!*"ya' v"tis!rimha; expld
with s!rayimha); v.264. -- hara*a passing (mutually), carrying in between J vi.355 (bhojan!na'). -- harati to
associate with (at a meal) S i.162. -- h!ra, in pada˚ "taking over or exchange of steps," a stride S i.211; A
iv.429; J vi.354. Same in BSk., e. g. MVastu i.35; iii.162.
V"thi
V"thi (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. v"thi, to Idg. *9ei!! -- to aim at, as in Lat. via way, Sk. veti to pursue; Lat. venor to
hunt; Gr. ei)/sato he went] 1. street, way, road, path, track A v.347, 350 sq.; Vv 836; J i.158 (garden path);
v.350 (dve v"thiyo gahetv! ti&&hati, of a house); vi.276 (v. and raccha); DhA i.14; VvA 31; PvA 54. --
antarav"thiya' (loc.) in the middle of the road J i.373; PvA 96. -- ˚sabh!ga share of road J i.422; --
˚singh!&aka crossroad DhA iv.4. -- Of the path of the stars and heavenly bodies J i.23; VvA 326. -- Various
streets (roads, paths) are named either after the professions carried on in them, e. g. dantak!ra˚ street of
ivory -- workers J i.320; pesak!ra˚ weaver st. DhA i.424; bhatak!ra˚ soldier st. DhA i.233; -- or after the
main kind of traffic frequenting these, e. g. n!ga˚ elephant road VvA 316; miga˚ animal rd. J i.372; -- or
after special occasions (like distinguished people passing by this or that road), e. g. buddha˚ the road of the
Buddha DhA ii.80; r!ja˚ King st. ThA 52; Mhvs 20, 38. -- 2. (t.t. in psychology) course, process (of
judgment, senseperception or cognition, cp. Cpd. 25, 124, 241 (vinicchaya˚), 266. -- Vism 187
(kamma&&h!na˚); KhA 102 (viññ!*a˚). -- ˚citta process of cognition (lit. processed cognition) Vism 22;
DhsA 269.
V"thika
V"thika (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. v"thi] having (as) a road Miln 322 (satipa&&h!na˚, in the city of Righteousness).
V"ma'saka
V"ma'saka (adj.) [fr. v"ma's!] testing, investigating, examining S iii.6 sq.; Sn 827; Nd1 166; J i.369.
V"ma'sati
V"ma'sati (& ˚eti) [Vedic m"m!'sate, Desid. of man. The P. form arose through dissimilation m>v, cp.
Geiger, P.Gr. 46, 4] "to try to think," to consider, examine, find out, investigate, test, trace, think over Sn
215 (˚am!na), 405; J i.128, 147, 200; vi.334; Miln 143; PvA 145, 215, 272; Sdhp 91. -- ger. ˚itv! J vi.368;
Mhvs 5, 36; PvA 155; inf. ˚itu' Mhvs 37, 234; PvA 30, 155, 283 (sippa'). -- Caus. II, v"ma's!peti to cause
to investigate J v.110. -- Cp. pari˚.
V"ma'sana
V"ma'sana (nt.) & ˚! (f.) [fr. v"ma'sati] trying, testing; finding out, experiment Vin iii.79; J iii.55; Mhvs
22, 78; PvA 153.
V"ma's!
V"ma's! (f.) [fr. v"ma'sati] consideration, examination, test, investigation, the fourth of the Iddhip!das, q.
v.; D iii.77 (˚sam!dhi), 222; S v.280; A i.39, 297; iii.37, 346; v.24, 90, 338; Ps i.19; ii.123; Kvu 508; Dhs
269; Vbh 219 (˚sam!dhi), 222, 227; Tikp 2; Nett 16 (˚sam!dhi), 42; DA i.106; SnA 349 (v"ma'sa --
k!ra=sankheyya -- k!ra). -- Cp. pari˚.
V"ma'sin