The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

VvA 46. -- kappa the practice of (holding Uposatha in different) residence (within the same boundary) Vin
ii.294, 300, 306; Dpvs iv.47, cp. v.18. -- palibodha the obstruction of having a home (in set of 10
Palibodhas) KhA 39; cp. Vism 90 sq. -- sapp!yat! suitability of residence Vism 127.
4v!sika
4v!sika (adj.) [!v!sa + ika] living in, residing at home, being in (constant or fixed) residence, usually
appld. to bhikkhus (opp. !gantuka) Vin i.128 sq.; ii.15, 170; iii. 65; v.203 sq.; M i.473; A i.236; iii.261 sq.,
366; J iv.310; Pv iv.84 (= nibaddha -- vasanaka PvA 267).
4v!ha
4v!ha [! + vah] taking in marriage, lit. carrying away to oneself, marriage D i.99; J vi.363; SnA 273, 448;
DhA iv.7. Often in cpd. !˚ viv!ha(ka) lit. leading to (one's home) & leading away (from the bride's home),
wedding feast D iii.183 (˚ka); J i.452; VvA 109, 157. (v. l. ˚ka).
4v!hana
4v!hana (nt.) [! + vshana, of vah] -- 1. = !v!ha, i. e. marriage, taking a wife D i.11 (= !v!ha -- kara*a DA
i. 96). -- 2. "getting up, bringing together", i. e. a mass, a group or formation, in sen!˚ a contingent of an
army J iv.91.
4vi
4vi (adv.) [Sk. !vi1, to Gr. a)i/w to hear, Lat. audio (fr. *auizdi0) to hear] clear, manifest, evident; openly,
before one's eyes, in full view. Only in phrase !vi v! raho openly or secret A v.350, 353; Pv ii.716 = DhA
iv.21 (!v" v. l.), expld. at PvA 103 by pak!sana' paresa' p!ka&avasana. Otherwise in foll. cpds. (with kar &
bh(): ˚kamma making clear, evidence, explanation Vin ii.88; iii.24; Pug 19, 23; ˚karoti to make clear,
show, explain D iii.121; Sn 84, 85, 349; J v.457; Pug 57; VvA 79, 150; ˚bhavati (˚bhoti) to become visible
or evident, to be explained, to get clear J i.136; Vism 287 (fnt. !vibhavissati); DhA ii.51, 82; bh!va
appearance, manifestation D i.78; A iii.17; J ii.50, 111; Vism 390 sq. (revelation, opp. tirobh!va). Cp.
p!tur.
4vijjhati (!viñjati, !viñchati)
4vijjhati (!viñjati, !viñchati) [! + vijjhati of vyadh to pierce; thus recognised by Morris J P T S. 1884, 72,
against Trenckner, Notes 59 (to piñj) & Hardy Nett. Ind. = vicch!y] -- 1. to encircle, encompass, comprise,
go round, usually in ger. !vijjhitv! (w. acc.) used as prep. round about, near J i.153 (khetta'), 170
(pokkhara*i'); DA i.245 (nagara' bahi avijjhitv! round the outer circle of the town). Ordinarily = go round
(acc.) at J iv.59 (ch!rika -- puñja'). -- 2. [as in lit. Sk.] to swing round, brandish, twirl, whirl round Vin
iii.127 (da*.a' !viñji); M iii.141 (matthena !viñjati to churn); J i.313; v.291 (cakka', of a potter's wheel);
SnA 481 (T. !viñj˚, v. l. !vijjh˚; see !racaya˚); DhA ii.277 (!viñcham!na T.; v. l. !siñciy˚, !vajiy˚,
!gañch˚). -- 3. to resort to, go to, approach, incline to S iv.199 (T. !viñch˚; v. l. avicch˚ & !viñj˚); Nett 13. -
- 4. to arrange, set in order J ii.406. 5. to pull (?) A iv.86 (ka**asotani !vijjeyy!si, v. l. !vijj˚, !viñj˚,
!vicc˚, !viñch˚; cp. Trenckner, Notes 59 !viñjati "to pull"). -- pp. !viddha (q. v.).
4vijjhana
4vijjhana (so for !viñchana & !viñjana) (adj. -- n.) [fr. !vijj- hati, lit. piercing through, i. e. revolving axis]
-- 1. (= !vijjhati 2) swinging round, hanging loose, spinning in !vijjhana -- rajju a loose, rope, esp. in
mythology the swinging or whirling rope by which Sakka holds the world's wheel or axis, in the latter
sense at DhA ii.143 (T. !viñch˚ (v. l. !vijj˚) = iii.97, 98 (where !viñjana&&h!na for ˚rajju). Otherwise a rope
used in connection with the opening & shutting of a door (pulling rope?) Vin ii.120, 148; J v.298, 299 (T.