The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Vosita [vi+osita, pp. of ava+s!. See also vusita & vyosita] one who has attained (relative) achievement,
perfected, accomplished, mastering, in phrase abhiññ!˚ one who masters special knowledge S i.167; Dh
423; It 47=61=81; A i.165; cp. DhA iv.233: "ni&&h!na' patto vusita -- vos!na' v! patto etc."
Vossa (kamma)
Vossa ( -- kamma) (nt.) making impotent (see under vassa- kamma) D i.12; DA i.97.
Vossagga
Vossagga [=ossagga; ava+s%j] relinquishing, relaxation; handing over, donation, gift (see on term as ethical
Bdhgh at K.S. i.321) D iii.190 (issariya˚ handing over of authority), 226; S iv.365 sq.; v.63 sq., 351 (˚rata
fond of giving); A ii.66 (id.); iii.53 (id.); Ps i.109; ii.24, 117; J vi.213 (kamma˚); Nett 16; Vbh 229, 350;
Vism 224; VbhA 317. -- sati -- vossagga relaxation of attention, inattention, indifference DhA i.228;
iii.163, 482; iv.43. -- pari*!mi, maturity of surrender S i.88.
Vossajjati
Vossajjati [=ossaj(j)ati] to give up, relinquish; to hand over, resign Sn 751 (ger. vossajja; SnA 508 reads
oss˚); J v.124 (issariya' vossajjanto; cp. D iii.190).
Voharati
Voharati [vi+oharati] 1. to express, define, decide M i.499; D i.202; Miln 218. -- 2. to decide, govern over
(a kingdom), give justice, administrate J iv.134 (B!r!*asi' ma'sa -- sur -- odaka', i. e. provide with;
double acc.), 192 (inf. voh!tu'=voharitu' C.). -- Pass. vohariyati to be called SnA 26; PvA 94; ThA 24.
Voh!ra
Voh!ra [vi+avah!ra] 1. trade, business M ii.360; Sn 614 (˚' upaj"vati); J i.495; ii.133, 202; v.471; PvA 111,
278. -- 2. current appellation, common use (of language), popular logic, common way of defining, usage,
designation, term, cognomen; (adj.) ( -- ˚) so called SnA 383, 466, 483 (laddha˚ so -- called); DA i.70; PvA
56, 231 (laddha˚ padesa, with the name) VvA 8, 72 (p!*o ti voh!rato satto), 108 (loka nir()h!ya samaññ!ya
v.). -- ariya -- voh!ra proper (i. e. Buddhist) mode of speech (opp. anariya˚ unbuddhist or vulgar, common
speech) D iii.232; A ii.246; iv.307; Vin iv.2; Vbh 376, 387. lokiya -- voh!ra common definition, general
way of speech SnA 382. On term see also Dhs. trsln § 1306. -- 3. lawsuit, law, lawful obligation; juridical
practice, jurisprudence (cp. voh!rika) Sn 246 (˚k(&a fraudulent lawyer); J ii.423 (˚' s!dheti to claim a debt
by way of law, or a lawful debt); vi.229; DhA iii.12 (˚ûpaj"vin a lawyer); SnA 289. -- 4. name of a sea --
monster, which gets hold of ships J v.259.
Voh!rika
Voh!rika [fr. voh!ra] "decider," one connected with a law -- suit or with the law, magistrate, a higher
official (mah!matta) in the law -- courts, a judge or justice. At Vin i.74 two classes of mah!matt!
(ministers) are given: sen!n!yak! those of defence, and voh!rik! of justice; cp. Vin ii.158; iii.45 (pur!*a --
voh!riko mah!matto); iv.223.
Vy˚
Vy˚ is the semi -- vowel (i. e. half -- consonantic) form of vi˚ before following a & ! (vya˚, vy!), very
rarely ( & o. The prefix vi˚ is very unstable, and a variety of forms are also attached to vy˚, which, after the
manner of all consonant -- combns in P!)i, may apart from its regular form vy˚ appear either as contracted
to vv˚ (written v˚), like vagga (for vyagga), vaya (for vyaya), vosita (=vyosita), *vv(ha (=vy(ha, appearing