The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vet!lika
Vet!lika [dial.; cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vait!lika] a certain office or occupation at court connected with music
or other entertainment, a bard. With other terms in list at Miln 331, some of them obscure and regional.
Also at J vi.277, where expld as "vet!l! [read vett!ya?] u&&h!pake," i. e. those whose duty it is [by vet!la or
vetta] to make (people] rise. The expln is obscure, the u&&h!paka reminds of Bdhgh's u&&h!pana (under
vet!la). Kern misunderstands the phrase by translating "chasing bards away."
Veti
Veti [vi+eti, of i; Sk. vyeti] to go away, disappear, wane S iii.135; A ii.51; J iii.154; DhsA 329. Cp.
vyavay!ti.
Vetulla
Vetulla (& vetulya) [cp. *Sk. vaitulya; also called vai- pulya, fr. vipula. The P. form is not clear; it probably
rests on dial. trsln of a later term] a certain dissenting sect (see Mhvs. trsln 259, n. 2) in ˚v!da heretic
doctrine Mhvs 36, 41; Dpvs 22, 45; -- ˚v!din an adherent of this doctrine.
Vetta
Vetta (nt.) [cp. Epic Sk. vetra] twig, rod; creeper; jungle- rope (cp. ve*u -- da*.a); cane (calamus). By itself
only in standard list of punishments (tortures): vettehi t!)eti to flog with canes, e. g. A i.47; ii.122; Miln
196. Otherwise freq. in cpds.: -- agga cane -- top, sprout of bamboo (cp. ka)"ra) Vism 255 (where KhA in
id. p. reads ˚ankura); VbhA 60, 239, 252. -- ankura a shoot of bamboo KhA 52, 67. -- !sana cane chair VvA
8. -- c!ra (vett!c!ra) "stick -- wandering" (?) J iii.541 (+sankupatha; C.: vettehi sañcaritabba); Vv 8411
(vett!c!ra' sankupathañ ca magga', expld as vettalat! bandhitv! !caritabba magga VvA 338); better as
"jungle -- path." -- patha "a jungle full of sticks" (trsln Rh. D.) Miln 280 (+sankupatha), jungle -- path. --
bandhana binding with twigs (rope?), creeper -- bands S iii.155; v.51=A iv.127. -- lat! cane creeper J i.342;
VvA 8, 338. -- valli garland of creeper D!vs iii.40.
Veda
Veda [fr. vid, or more specifically ved as P. root] 1. (cp. vediyati & vedan!) (joyful) feeling, religious
feeling, enthusiasm, awe, emotion, excitement (something like sa'vega) D ii.210 (˚pa&il!bha+somanassa --
pa&il!bha); M i.465 (u)!ra); Sn 1027 (=p"ti SnA 585); J ii.336; iii.266. attha -- veda+dhamma -- veda
enthusiasm for the truth (for the letter & the spirit) of Buddha's teaching M i.37; A v.329 sq., 333, 349, 352;
veda here interpreted as "somanassa'" at MA i.173. -- See also cpd. ˚j!ta. -- 2. (cp. vedeti & vijj!) (higher)
knowledge (as "Buddhist" antithesis to the authority of the "Veda"), insight, revelation, wisdom: that which
Bdhgh at MA i.173 defines with "ñ!*a," and illustrates with vedag( of Sn 1059; or refers to at DA i.139
with defn "vidanti eten! ti vedo." Thus at Sn 529 & 792 (=ved! vuccanti cat(su maggesu ñ!*a' paññ! Nd1
93), cp. SnA 403. -- As adj. veda Ep. of the Buddha "the knower" or the possessor of revelation, at M i.386.
See also vedag(. -- 3. the Veda(s), the brahmanic canon of authorized religious teaching (revelation) &
practice; otherwise given as "gantha" i. e. "text" at MA i.173, & illustrated with "ti**a' ved!na' p!rag(."
The latter formula is frequent in stock phrase describing the accomplishments of a Brahmin, e. g. at D i.88;
M ii.133; Sn 1019; A i.163; DhA iii.361. In the older texts only the 3 Vedas (irubbeda=Rg; yaju˚ & s!ma˚)
are referred to, whereas later (in the Commentaries) we find the 4 mentioned (athabbana added), e. g. the
three at S iv.118; J i.168; ii.47; iii.537; Miln 10; Vism 384; the four at DA i.247; Miln 178. -- Unspecified
(sg.): SnA 462. As adj. veda "knowing the Vedas" SnA 463 (ti˚), cp. tevijja. -- The Vedas in this
connection are not often mentioned, they are almost identical with the Mantras (see manta) and are often
(in Com.) mentioned either jointly with manta or promiscuously, e. g. Pv ii.613 (the Vedas with the 6
angas, i. e. ved!ngas, called manta); SnA 293 (manta -- p!rag(+veda -- p!rag(), 322, 448. -- antagu "one
who has reached the end of knowledge," i. e. one who has obtained perfection in wisdom Vin i.3; Sn 463. --
g( one who has attained to highest knowledge (said of the Buddha). Thus different from "ti**a' ved!na'