protection; guarding; watchfulness; controlling.

…the senses in indriyānaṃ gutti Dhp.375; Pp.24 (+ gopanā) Dhs.1348; Sdhp.341 (agutti); Vin.iv.305; AN.ii.72 (atta˚) also in pl.: guttīsu…

…selfguarded Dhp.379.

• -gutti watchfulness as regards one’s self, self-care AN.ii.72.
• -ghañña…

protecting, protection, care, watchfulness (cp. gutti) Pp.24 (+ gutti) Dhs.1347; Mil.8, Mil.243.

adjective protected, guarded, watched (lit. & fig.) Ja.vi.367; Mil.345; Snp-a.116 (˚indriya guttindriya); Sdhp.398.

pp. of gopeti

guardian, one who keeps watch over, in nagara˚; the town-watchman, the chief-constable Pv-a.4; Mil.345.

fr. last

…SN.i.154; Dhp.375.

• -gutti keeping watch over the senses, self-restraint Dhp-a.iv.111. *^a paropariya,…

…Vism.179; Vv.64#27 (jitindriya one whose senses are mastered, cp. guttindriya)
■ Cp. vi˚.

pp. of jayati, conquer

…SN.i.172 = Snp.74;

• -gutti the care or protection of the body Vin.i.295; Ja.ii.162;
• -citta body and…

…town-gossip DN.i.7;

• -guttika superintendent of the city police Ja.iii.30, Ja.iii.436; Ja.iv.279; Mil.345 (dhammanagare…

…rakkhā + āvaraṇa (+ gutti) shelter defence, e.g. at Vin.ii.194; DN.i.61 (dhammikaṃ r
■ v. guttiṃ saṃvidaheyyāma); MN.ii.101;…

…(variant reading for gutti), Snp-a.148 (variant reading for ˚vatikā).

later Sk. vṛti, fr. vṛ.

Vati²

feminine a…