…to do Snp.p.13 (parivesanā vattati distribution of food was in progress); Snp.654 (kammanā vattati loko keeps up, goes on); Pv.ii.9#44…

…The representative of vattati (= Sk. vartate) in specialized meaning. The regular meaning of *vartate (with vaṭṭana), viz. “turning…

comes on; moves over; overwhelms.

turns or moves round after or along with; keeps on moving.

follows, attends, sides with; conforms with, practices; imitates.

moves after, follows.

goes beyond, escapes from; exceeds, overwhelms; goes too far; transgresses (against).

of nivattati

(intrans.) returns, turns round, turns back; gives up; stops, ceases; tums away from.

of nivattati

of nivattati

lies down.

of tuvaṭṭati

(~entī)n. of tuvaṭṭati

of tuvaṭṭati

, impers. of tuvaṭṭati

comes back, returns (to).

comes near, falls to; is found, is.

goes beyond; escapes from; transgresses; oversteps.

1. (intrans.) turns, turns to; turns round, rolls; turns back, returns (esp. to a layman’s life); winds, curls.
2. is enticed, is seduced

1. (intrans.) turns, turns to; turns round, rolls; turns back, returns (esp. to a layman’s life); winds, curls.
2. is enticed, is seduced

to come on, proceed, issue, result SN.i.101; AN.ii.32.

adhi + vattati

…˚patta received ˚parivattati move about after, ˚bandhati run after, ˚bala rear-guard, ˚bhāsati speak after, repeat, ˚vāda speaking…

to run up & down or to move round & round (cp. anuparivattati) SN.iii.150 (khīlan).

anu + pari + dhāvati

to move round, to be occupied with, take an interest in (c. acc.) SN.iv.312 (variant reading ˚vattati).

anu + pari + sakkati

to go or move round, viz.

1. to deal with, be engaged in, perform, worship Vin.iii.307 (ādiccaṃ); DN.i.240; Pv-a.97.
2. to meet Mil.204 (Devadatto ca Bodhisatto ca ekato anuparivattanti).
3. to move …

complying with, conformity with (-˚), compliance, observance, obedience Ja.i.367 (dhamma˚); Ja.v.78.

abstr. fr. anuvattati

…-vatteti (q.v.).

Sk. anuvartati, anu + vattati

…vattana sīla Vv-a.71); Dhp-a.ii.161.

fr. anuvattati

…away; ˚neti lead away; ˚vattati turn away (= āverto); ˚sakkati step aside; ˚harati take away. 2. apa = Vedic ava (Idg. *aue; see ava…

to go away, to go aside Ja.iv.347 (variant reading for apavattati); Vv-a.101; Pv-a.265 (aor ˚sakki = apakkami).

apa + sakkati

to turn away or aside, to go away Ja.iv.347 (variant reading apasakkati).

apa + vṛt, cp. Lat. āverto

adjective being under somebody’s rule, dependent upon (c. gen.) Dhp.74 (= vase vattati Dhp-a.ii.79).

ati + vasa fr. vas

…Ja.v.84 (bhaya˚) Mil.146, Mil.154.

pp. of ativattati: Sk. ativṛtta

…Mnd.76).

Sk. *ativartṛ, n. ag. to ati-vattati

to pass, pass over, go beyond; to overcome, get over; conquer Vin.ii.237 (samuddo velaṃ n’); SN.ii.92 (saṃsāraṃ); SN.iv.158 (id.) Iti.9 (saṃsāraṃ) = AN.ii.10 = Cnd.172#a; Thag.412; Ja.i.58, Ja.i.280 J …

…SN.ii.196 (anatthāya saṃvattati); AN.iv.96 (˚ṃ adhipajjati) Iti.84 (˚janano doso ill-will brings discomfort); Ja.i.63, Ja.i.196 Pp.37;…

…Vism.91 (Buddhakālo viya pavattati it is like the time of the B.) -kula Buddha-clan Snp-a.532 (B
■ pitā, ˚mātā…

…by series viharati iriyati vattati pāleti yapeti yāpeti Cnd.237
■ carāmi loke I move about (= I live) in the world Snp.25, Snp.455…

…mahato atthāya saṃvattati a guarded heart turns to great profit AN.i.7; similarly: c. dantaṃ, guttaṃ, saṃvutaṃ ibid
■…

Dhamma¹

masculine & rarely neuter constitution etc.

A. Definitions by Commentators

Bdhgh gives a fourfold meaning of the word dhamma (at DN-a.i.99; Dhp-a.i.22), viz. 1 guṇe ( …

…ahitāya dukkhāya saṃvattati AN.i.58 5. Under vedanā as sensation are grouped the 3: sukhaṃ…

adjective to be gained or procured with difficulty (i.e. a livelihood which is hardly procurable), only in phrase “dubbhikkhā d setaṭṭhikā salākavuttā,” of a famine Vin.iii.6, Vin.iii.15, Vin.iii.87 …

…Pp.35
■ hīnāya āvattati to turn to the lower, to give up orders, return to secular life Vin.i.17; SN.ii.231; SN.iv.191; Ud.21;…

…AN.iii.410; kammanā vattati loko kammanā vattati pajā “by means of karma the world goes on, mankind goes on” Snp.654; kamma-paccayā…

world, primarily “visible world,” then in general as “space or sphere of creation, with var. degrees of substantiality. Often (unspecified in the comprehensive sense of “universe.” Sometimes the term …

only in phrase netthāraṃ vattati to behave in such a way as to get rid of blame or fault Vin.ii.5; Vin.iii.183; MN.i.442
■ Bdhgh on Vin.ii.5…

…(q.v.). Cp. abhi˚.

nis + vattati

…sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati “this leads to being thoroughly tired (of the world), to dispassionateness to destruction (of egoism), to…

…to such a state (saṃvattati). The foll phrase is one of the oldest stereotype phrases in the Canon & very freq.; it…

…as adv. downward: ninnaṃ pavattati to flow downward MN.i.117; Pv.i.5#7; ninnagata running down Mil.259 (udaka); ninnaga Dāvs iv.28. 3. (nt.) low…

…acquittance, in -ṃ vattati to be acquitted, to get off scot-free MN.i.442 (variant reading netth˚, which is the usual form). See…

…(˚bīja) Ja.i.203 Vv-a.72

pp. of nivattati

…Ja.ii.158; Ja.iv.256; Ja.v.162.

fr. nivattati

…to return Pv-a.154.

Vedic nivartati, ni + vattati

…DN.i.230; Ja.iv.348 (for apavattati C.); Ja.v.295 (an-osakkitvā) See also Trenckner, Notes p. 60.

o + sakkati fr. P. sakk = *Sk….

…from… onward; pavattati move on; fig “further, later”: paputta a later (secondary) son, i.e. grandson. 4. “in front of,”…

to shine forth, to become light, gleam, glitter Ja.v.199 (said of a river; = pavattati C.)
pp pabhāta.

pa + bhā

to return again to (acc.) SN.i.224; SN.ii.104; AN.v.337.

paṭi + ud + ā + vattati

…Pv-a.276 (quot. ˚ṃ ativattati) appamatta diligent, careful, eager, mindful SN.i.4, SN.i.140 SN.i.157; AN.v.148;…

…parass’ eva ruciyā pavattati DN-a.i.212); Ja.vi.99; Thag-a.15 (˚vuttika) Vv-a.23 (˚vutti, paresaṃ bhāraṃ vahanto). -ūpakkama…

…sq., AN.iii.404 sq. (˚dhamma); AN.v.103 (id.), AN.v.156 sq.; Iti.71 (˚āya saṃvattati); Dhp.32 (abhabbo p ˚āyo); Pp.12, Pp.14.

fr. pari…

setting going, keeping up, propounding Ja.i.200 (˚manta adj. one who knows a charm); Ne.1 sq., Ne.106.

fr. parivattati

1. to turn round, twist (trs. & intrs.), go about Vin.ii.220; Ja.v.431 (singaṃ); Pv.iv.5#3 (= pariyāti Pv-a.260); Mil.118; DN-a.i.265.
2. (intrs. to change about, move, change, turn to Pv.ii.10#5 (= …

…(q.v.).

Caus. of parivattati

…Vv-a.13; Pv-a.144 (for parivattati Pv.ii.10#5), Pv.ii.10#194 (id. Pv.iii.4#4). 2. to change into a diff. state, to ripen, mature (often said of…

…being in a state of happiness).

pp. of pavattati

…out Mil.277 (āṇā,˚ cp pavatti).

fr. pavattati

…pavatteti (q.v.).

pa + vattati, vṛt

…(q.v.).

Caus. of pavattati

…˚nijjhatta, ˚nivattati, ˚pavesati, ˚pākatika (re-stored) ˚bujjhati, ˚vinicchinati, ˚sañjīvita (re-suscitated) ˚sandhi…

to withdraw, draw back, keep away from, not to stick to AN.iv.47 = Mil.297 (+ paṭikuṭati paṭivaṭṭati; Mil & id. p. at SN.ii.265 print pati˚) Vism.347 (+ paṭikuṭṭati pativaṭṭati)
pp *[paṭilīna](/de …

…+ nivattati

…that & the other Dhp-a.i.157.

pp. of paṭivattati

Paṭivaṭṭati & ˚vattati

(intrs.) to roll or move back, to turn away from AN.iv.47 = Mil.297 (paṭilīyati paṭikutati p.); Caus….

Paṭivaṭṭati & ˚vattati

(intrs.) to roll or move back, to turn away from AN.iv.47 = Mil.297 (paṭilīyati paṭikutati p.); Caus….

…Pv-a.19, Pv-a.38.

• -nivattati to turn back again SN.i.177
• -bbhava renewed existence, new birth DN.ii.15; SN.i.133;…

…carati as viharati, iriyati, vattati, pāleti yapeti, yāpeti at Cnd.237; Vb.252; Dhs-a.167. Cp pālana. So also in phrase atthaṃ pāleti (so…

…Pv-a.59 parassa r. pavattati to live by the pleasure (gratiâ) of somebody else, i.e. to be dependent on others DN-a.i.212
■ *yathā…

to transcend, overcome Snp.768, cp. Mnd.10.

saṃ + ativattati

…mind, to ponder over SN.v.89.

saṃ + parivattati

adjective conducive to, involving AN.ii.54, AN.ii.65; Iti.82; Kv.618; Ja.i.275; Ne.134 = SN.v.371 As -iya at Pv-a.205.

fr. saṃvattati

…Pot. saṃvatteyya Vin.i.13
■ Often in phrase nibbidāya, virāgāya… nibbānāya saṃvattati e.g. DN.i.189; DN.ii.251; DN.iii.130;…

1. to be evolved, to be in a process of evolution (opp. vivaṭṭati in devolution) DN.i.17 DN.iii.84, DN.iii.109; AN.ii.142; DN-a.i.110.
2. to fall to pieces, to come to an end (like the world’s de …

1. to tear out Ja.i.199; Mil.101 (sadevake loke ubbattiyante); Dhp-a.i.5 (hadayamaṃsaṃ), Dhp-a.i.75 (rukkhaṃ).
2. to cause to swell or rise Ja.iii.361 (gangāsotaṃ); Ja.iv.161 (samuddaṃ).
3. (intrs.) …

…Pv-a.63, Pv-a.130 (= na pavattati), Pv-a.253 (= natthi)
pp ucchinna (q.v.).

ud + chid, see…

retired, desisting Ja.v.158 (= udāvattitva nivattitva C).

pp. of udāvattate, ud + ā vattati

to return Snp.712; Ja.iv.417; Ja.v.126.

upa + n˚

…sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati; see nibbāna iii.7); DN.i.50; DN.iii.130 sq., DN.iii.136 sq., DN.iii.229 (as one of the…

to come to pass, to take place Ja.vi.58.

upa + vṛt

…in same sense at Mvu.iii.281.

pp. of upâtivattati

…+ ati +…

…in phrase vase (loc.) vattati to be in somebody’s power Ja.v.316 (te vase vattati), cp. MN.i.214 (cittassa vasena…

…gamika˚).

orig. pp. of vattati

Vatta²

neuter the mouth (lit. “speaker”) Pgdp.55 (sūci-vatto mah’odaro peto).

cp. Sk….

…tense Snp-a.16, Snp-a.23.

ppr. med. of vattati

moving on, upkeep, existence, continuance Snp.698 (cakka˚ continuance of royal power); Mhvs.3, Mhvs.38.

fr. vattati

at Vin.ii.8 is to be spelt vattabba (see vattati).

Vaṭṭa¹

adjective noun

1. round circular; (nt.) circle Pv-a.185 (āyata +); Kp-a.50 (˚nāli). See cpd. -aṅguli.
2. (fig.) “rolling on,” the “round” of existences, cycle of transmigrati …

turning round Dhtp.89 (in defⁿ of vaṭṭati). Cp. āvaṭṭana.

fr. vṛt, vaṭṭati

…at Vb.194 with iriyati vattati, pāleti, yapeti, yāpeti, carati; cp. Vb-a.262. See e.g. DN.i.251; Snp.136, Snp.301, Snp.925; Pp.68;…

changing, change. reverse Dhs-a.367.

fr. viparivattati

to turn round, to upset Ja.iv.224 (nāvā ˚amānā capsizing); Mil.117; Thag-a.255.

vi + parivattati

…reverted, ceased.“ vivattati has not been found in Pāli. The only plausible explⁿ would be taking it as an…

at Pp.32 is to be read as vivaṭṭati.

˚ā (f.) turning away, moving on, moving back Pts.i.66; Pts.ii.98; Vism.278 (f. explained as “magga”).

fr. vivaṭṭati

…from (abl.), to turn away; to turn over, to be upset Ne.131; Pp.32 (so read for vivattati); Pts.ii.98 (ppr.)

pp…

intimation, giving to understand, information; begging or asking by intimation or hinting (a practice forbidden to the bhikkhu). Vin.i.72 (˚bahula, intent on …); Vin.iii.144 sq. (identical); Vin.iv.29 …

…ʻsupport’ and proceed (pavattati) to another by way of its mental object and other conditions.“ Another scholastic expression both early and…

…Mil.224, Mil.253; Vv-a.23.

fr. vṛt, cp. vattati; Sk. vṛtti

…impelled Thag.574: evâyaṃ vattati kāyo kamma-yantena yantito “impelled by the machinery of Karma” translation Brethren 261 not quite to…

…with synonyms iriyati vattati pāleti yapeti yāpeti at Cnd.237; Vb.252; Dhs-a.167. Besides singly (yapeti at Dhs-a.149 2. to cause to…

…with synonyms iriyati vattati pāleti yapeti yāpeti at Cnd.237; Vb.252; Dhs-a.167. Besides singly (yapeti at Dhs-a.149 2. to cause to…

…on; ˚loketi look at; ˚vattati ad-vert; ˚vahati bring to; ˚vāsa dwelling at; ˚sādeti touch; ˚sīdati sit by ˚hanati strike at 2. in…

1. coming, approach, result, DN.i.53 (āgamanaṃ pavattatī ti DN-a.i.160; cp. Sdhp.249 dukkh˚).
2. that which one goes by, resource, reference source of reference, text, Scripture, Canon; thus a design …

…(see same phrase under āvattati MN.i.460; SN.ii.50; Ja.i.206.

pp. of āvattati

Āvatta²

neuter winding, turn, bent Ja.i.70 (in a…

…only in phrase hīnāya āvattati to turn to “the low”, i.e. to give up orders & return to the world Vin.i.17; MN.i.460; SN.ii.231;…

in phrase ā. vivaṭṭati to turn forward & backward Vism.504.

= āvattati