to cut off, is Kern’s proposed reading (see Toev. s. v.) at Ja.vi.527 (siro vaddhayitvāna) for vajjheti (T. reading vajjhayitvāna).

fr. vardh to cut, cp. vaḍḍhaka & vaḍḍhakī

…by “bhusaṃ karoti, vaḍḍheti” p. 224).

Denom. fr. bhusa² = *bhṛśayati; but not certain, may have to be read bhūseti,…

…sotaṃ br.); Pv-a.168 (vaḍḍheti + , for ābhāveti)
■ Cp anu˚, pari˚.

cp. Sk. bṛṃhayati; fr. brh² to increase;…

…is born experiences woe) vaḍḍheti SN.ii.109; viharati AN.i.202; AN.ii.95; AN.iii.3; SN.iv.78 (passaddhiyā asati d˚ṃ v. dukkhino cittaṃ…

…Ja.i.404; Pv-a.13; vaḍḍheti to increase the tumult, noise Ja.v.412; Dhp-a.iii.255
■ a˚; harmony accord, agreement SN.i.224;…

…AN.iii.182. -kathaṃ vaḍḍheti “to increase the talk,” to dispute sharply Ja.i.404; Ja.v.412 -ṃ samuṭṭhāpeti to start a…

…only in phrase kaṭasiṃ vaḍḍheti “to increase the cemetery” referring to dying and being buried repeatedly in the course of numerous…

1. heap, quantity, mass Iti.17; usually -˚, e.g. aṅgāra˚ heap of cinders Ja.i.107; kaṇikārapuppha˚ of k. flowers Vv-a.65; kahāpaṇa˚ of money Pv-a.162; tila˚ of seeds Vv-a.54; dhañña˚ of …

…grow up; ppr. -amāna (ddh.) growing up, subsisting Ja.i.189 (so far ˚vaṭṭ˚). Caus. -vaḍḍheti to rear, nourish, bring up Ja.i.231…

…a tailor Ja.i.220.

fr. vaḍḍheti

(& -ī) a carpenter builder, architect, mason. On their craft and guilds see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 181 sq.; Mrs. Rh. D Cambridge Hist. Ind. i.206
■ The word is specially characteristic of t …

…One might think of meaning vaḍḍheti “to bid higher (at a sale),” as in Divy.403; Avs.i.36, and explain as “that which causes higher…

…Dhp-a.ii.79; Mhvs.19, Mhvs.40.

ppr. of vaḍḍheti + ka

…(kaṭasi˚, q.v. & cp. vaḍḍheti 6); Vism.111 (˚âvaḍḍhana), Vism.152, Vism.320. Here belong the phrases raja & loka˚. 3. arrangement…

…read for vaḍḍhinikā).

fr. vaḍḍhana, cp. vaḍḍheti 4

…buḍḍha*
caus 1 vaḍḍheti, in many shades of meaning, all based upon the notion of progressive motion. Thus…

…see kaṭasi˚; (SN.ii.178 e.g.).

pp. of vaḍḍheti

…Snp-a.266. Should we read vaḍḍheti Cp. āvaṭṭeti
caus 2 vaṭṭāpeti to cause to turn Ja.i.422. 2. to be right or fit or proper,…