The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ve&hita
Ve&hita [pp. of ve&heti] enveloped, enclosed, surrounded, wrapped Sdhp 362. Cp. ni˚, pari˚.
Ve&heti
Ve&heti [Vedic ve+&ate, vi+& or ve+&, to Lat. virga, branch, lit. twisting] to twist round, envelope, wrap,
surround J i.5, 422; Miln 282. -- Pass. ve&hiyati: see vi˚. -- pp. ve&hita. -- Cp. pali˚.
Ve*a
Ve*a [cp. *Sk. vai*a, dial.] 1. a worker in bamboo PvA 175. -- 2. a member of a low & despised class (cp.
pukkusa) Vin iv.6; S i.93 (˚kula); A ii.85 (id.); iii.385; Pug 51; f. ve*" J v.306 (=tacchik! C.); Pv iii.113
(read ve*" for ve*i').
Ve*i
Ve*i (f.) [cp. Sk. ve*i] a braid of hair, plaited hair, hair twisted into a single braid A iii.295; Vin ii.266
(dussa˚); Th 2, 255; Vv 384 (=kesa -- ve*i C.). fig. of a "string" of people D i.239 (andha˚). -- ˚kata plaited,
having the hair plaited J ii.185; v.431.
Ve*u
Ve*u [cp. Vedic ve*u. Another P, form is ve)u (q. v.)] bamboo; occurs only in cpds., e. g. -- ˚gumba thicket
of bamboo DhA i.177; -- ˚tinduka the tree Diospyros J v.405 (=timbaru C.); -- ˚da*.aka jungle -- rope J
iii.204; -- ˚bali a tax to be paid in bamboo (by bamboo workers) DhA i.177; ˚ -- vana bamboo forest J v.38.
Veta*.in
Veta*.in (adj.) [fr. vita*.!] full of sophistry, skilled in vita*.! Miln 90 (said of King Milinda).
Vetana
Vetana (nt.) [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vetana] wages, hire; payment, fee, remuneration; tip J i.194 (niv!sa˚
rent); Sn 24; VvA 141; DhA i.25; PvA 112. Most frequently combd with bhatta˚ (q. v.). As vedana at J
iii.349.
Vetabba
Vetabba is grd. of *veti [vi]=vin!ti to weave (q, v.), thus "to be woven," or what is left to be woven J vi.26.
inf. vetu' Vin ii.150.
Vetasa
Vetasa [Vedic vetasa] the ratan reed, Calamus rotang J v.167; SnA 451.
Vet!la
Vet!la at D i.6 (in the lists of forbidden crafts) refers to some magic art. The proper meaning of the word
was already unknown when Bdhgh at DA i.84 explained it as "ghana -- t!)a'" (cymbal beating) with
remark "mantena mata -- sar"r' u&&h!panan ti eke" (some take it to be raising the dead by magic charms).
Rh. D. at Dial. i.8 translates "chanting of bards" (cp. vet!lika). It is of dialectical origin.