…Vv-a.200 (taruṇa˚). On vaccha in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 131.

• -giddhinī longing for her calf SN.iv.181. *…

CūḷagavacchaCūlagavaccha

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of how a joyful monk would realize the state of peace. Thag.11

…The Buddha went there to see Vacchagotta, and it was on this occasion that the Tevijja-Vacchagotta Sutta was preached….

…in company with Nanda Vaccha and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.238

Kisasankicca is spoken of as one of the three shining lights of the Ajivakas…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of practicing properly and awaiting ones’ time. Thag.12

…consulted by those, such as Vacchagotta, SN.iv.391ff. and Vappa, AN.ii.196ff. eager to learn from him the teachings of the Buddha. The Buddha…

Nanda¹Vaccha

Mentioned in a list of well known leaders of the Ajivakas, the others being Kisa Saṅkicca and Makkhali Gosāla. MN.i.524…

…as do Timbaruka, SN.ii.22 Vacchagotta, SN.iii.257 and Sivaka Moliya. SN.iv.230 Potaliputta calls on Samiddhi, MN.iii.207 Susīma on Ānanda,…

PilindavacchaPilindivacchaPilindiyavacchaPilindaPilindiPilindiya

A monk whose enigmatic Theragāthā verse speaks of what has come and not departed….

…by the Licchavis Abhaya SN.v.126 and Mahāli SN.iii.68 and by the wanderer Vacchagotta. SN.iv.398 He claimed to be omniscient. AN.iv.428

…says his preceptor, Vanavaccha, asked him to go from here, and that though his body dwells in the village, his mind is in the forest….

A monk whose verse is recorded in the Theragāthā. Thag.65

…Mahā Vacchagotta-, Vaccha—and Vacchagotta-Suttas. The Saṃyutta Nikāya contains a whole section on Vacchagotta; his discussions were…

A monk whose Theragāthā verse speaks of the ease of attaining Nibbana for one who practices well. Thag.71

…nature. Thag.13

There is a separate verse also ascribed to a Vacchagotta on the same theme. Thag.113

…Mahā Saccaka, Tevijja, Vacchagotta, Sunakkhatta and Ratana.

One hundred years after the Buddha’s death Vesāli was again the scene of…

…is stated in the Tevijja Vacchagotta Sutta MN.i.483 that far from any Ājīvaka having put an end to sorrow, the Buddha could recall only one…

…to the Elder Pilindavaccha. It was near Rājagaha and was also called Pilindagāma. Pilindavaccha depended for his alms on the residents of…

yearly; every year.

…MN.ii.64; Thig.374 (= devaccharā Thag-a.252); Ja.v.152 sq (Alambusā a.) Vv.5#5 (= devakaññā Vv-a.37);…

…one year or yearly; a. saṃvaccharaṃ id b. More freq. w loc. (= alongside, with, by) a. tīre by the bank SN.iv.177 pathe by the way…

…supply Vin.i.221 (˚pavacchati); DN.i.74 (= pavesati DN-a.i.218); DN-a.ii.78; MN.i.446 MN.iii.133; AN.ii.64; AN.iii.26 (variant reading…

adjective yearly Dhp-a.i.388 (nakkhattaṃ). Usually nt. -ṃ as adv. yearly, every year Ja.i.68; Ja.v.99. On use of anu in this comb^n. see anu A a.

anu + saṃv˚

…Ja.ii.128 (tīṇi saṃvaccharāni); Dhp-a.iii.133 (tayo vaye passed beyond the 3 ages of life); Pv-a.55 (māse ˚e after the lapse of a…

…Ja.ii.101; Vv-a.264 (saṃvaccharā years) 2. used as definite measure of quantity & distance, where it also implies the respectability of…

…year (dvādasamāsako saṃvaccharo Vv-a.247). 2. Connected with the solar cult it is used with human arrangements to raise them to the level of…

…(dāmena baddho); Snp.28 (= vacchakānaṃ bandhanatthāya katā ganthitā nandhipasayuttā rajjubandhanavisesā); Vism.108. usually -˚, viz….

…for, desirous after Pv.iv.10#7 (āhāra˚) f. giddhinī: gāvī vaccha Vin.i.193; SN.iv.181. Cp. also paligedhin.

…from cows DN.i.9≈; -vaccha (khīra˚ & takka˚) Vism.28; -vatika [Sk. govratin] one who lives after…

…Dhp-a.i.99; of a calf (˚vaccha Ja.v.106; of a dog (˚vaṇṇa = sabala q.v.) Ja.vi.107; of leprosy Ja.v.69; of the shade of trees (˚cchāya,…

…mind Dhp-a.i.33; kevalaṃ vacchake balava-piyacittatāya simply by the strong love towards the babycalf Vism.313. 2. alone: k. araññaṃ…

…an arrow); Vism.313 (dhenu vacchakassa khīra-dhāraṃ m.); Mhvs.25, Mhvs.63 (phalakaṃ). 3. to let out of the yoke, to unharness, set free…

…-vaccha [vaccha here = vṛḳṣa] a small flowering tree or plant, an ornamental plant Vin.ii.12; Vin.iii.179;…

adjective consisting of months DN.ii.327 (dvādasa˚ saṃvacchara the year of 12 months).

= māsika

…at Ja.vi.238 (variant reading BB as gloss niluñcita). explained by “vacchakakāla… nibbījako kato, uddhaṭabījo…

…179 and note 1 pakkhiya at Thig.425 is not clear (explained at Thag-a.269 by vaccha, variant reading sacca).

fr. pakkha¹ 2; cp….

…v. parivaccha is wrong spelling for parivacca which is abstr. from pariyatta (*pariyatya), with va for…

see *anu*˚, & cp.; pavecchati.

Sk. prayacchati

…Ja.iii.12 (variant reading pavacchati), Ja.iii.172; Ja.iv.363, Ja.vi.502, Ja.vi.587 (vuṭṭhi-dhāraṃ pavecchanto devo pāvassi tāvade;…

…AN.iv.139, AN.iv.252 sq.; Dhp.108; Ja.ii.80 Sdhp.239; nom. pl. saṃvaccharāni Ja.ii.128.

saṃ + vacchara; cp. Vedic saṃvatsara

…calf MN.i.459 (in simile); ˚vaccha, ˚vacchaka, ˚vacchī Vin.i.193; Ja.i.191; Dhp-a.ii.35; Vv-a.200
■ Vin.i.243 (fresh milk); DN.i.114…

certain tree Ja.v.46.

…bahū utū ca citta-saṃvacchar;’adi bahūni saṃvaccharāni ca Pv-a.135. Similarly at Ja.v.330 (with Cy). *…

…Ja.v.433; Mil.282 (as go-vacchaka).

• -pālaka a cow-herd Ja.iii.444.
• -sālā cow-shed, cowpen…

adjective affectionate, lit. “loving her calf” Thag-a.148 (Tha-ap.64).

cp. Sk. vatsala

year Sdhp.239. See the usual saṃvacchara.

cp. Class. Sk. vatsara

…Pp.56; DN-a.i.294
■ f. vacchatarī DN.i.127; SN.i.75; Vin.i.191; Pp.56.

fr. vaccha; the compar. suffix in meaning “sort of, -like.” Cp….

is fut. of vasati to dwell.

…(older) vacchati [= Sk. vatsyati] Vin.i.60; Thig.294; Ja.iv.217; 1^st sg. vacchāmi Ja.v.467 (na te v. santike),…

…(= adamita-vuddha-vacchakā)

Vedic vaśā; cp. vāśitā; Lat. vacca cow

Vasā²

feminine fat, tallow, grease Snp.196; Kp…