1. heap, mass; massing or array, grouping of troops SN.v.369 (sambādha˚ a dense crowd, or massed with troops (?); in phrase iddha phīta etc., as given under *[bāhujañña](/define/bāh …

…& Ja.ii.406, viz. paduma-vyūha (lotus formation), cakka˚ (wheel formⁿ), sakaṭa˚ (cart formⁿ). 2. a heap, collection,…

see vyūha. Beluva & Beluva;

array of troops Ja.i.387.

for vūḷha, cp. Sk. vyūḍha for the usual vyūha, q.v.

I. Crude meaning

1. a wheel (of a carriage) Dhp.1; Pv-a.65 (ratha˚); Mil.27.
2. a discus used as a missile weapon Ja.i.74; Pgdp.36; cp khura˚ a razor as an instr. of torture.
3. a disc, a …

…(catur + vyūha) arranged in 4 arrays (of hāra) Ne.3, Ne.105; -bhāga the 4th part, a quarter Dhp.108;…

pinnacle, turret, gate MN.i.253; DN-a.i.284 (pāsāda +).

Sk. niryūha (& nirvyūha?), perhaps to; vah

…-vyūha one of the 3 kinds of fighting, viz. p.˚ cakka˚, sakaṭa˚ Ja.ii.406 Ja.iv.343 (cp. Sk….

(pati˚) to heap up against (?) Snp-a.554.

paṭi + vyūhati

…a cart-load Pv.ii.7#5

• -vyūha “the waggon array,” a wedge-shaped phalanx Ja.ii.404; Ja.iv.343; Vism.384.

cp. Sk….

…nijana˚ vana Vism.342; s. vyūha SN.v.369
■ atisambādha too confined Dhp-a.i.310 (cakkavāḷa)
■…

…+ vyūhati

…grouping & fitting up an army Vin.iv.107; DN.i.6; Pts.ii.213; DN-a.i.85 (-vyūha).

Vedic senā² perhaps fr. si to…

…Vin.iii.48 (paṃsuṃ vyūhati) Ja.i.177, Ja.i.199 (paṃsuṃ), Ja.i.238, Ja.i.331 (kaddamaṃ dvidhā viyūhitvā); Ja.iii.52 (vālikaṃ);…

…mixed in meaning with vi + ūha (of vah) = vyūha

…(= vyosita), *vvūha (= vyūha, appearing as ˚bhūha), or diaeretic as viy˚; (in poetry) or veyy˚; (popular), e.g….

…than a Denom. fr. vyūha as “stand in array. For the regular verb vi + vah see viyūhati….