…AN.iv.32.

• -paṭivacana speech and counterspeech (i.e. reply), conversation Dhp-a.ii.35; Pv-a.83, Pv-a.92,…

recitation, reading; -magga way of recitation, help for reading, division of text (into chapters or paragraphs) Tikp.239; Kp-a.12, Kp-a.14, Kp-a.24.

fr. vāceti

name, designation; metaphorical expression; near-synonym.

mode of expression

an expression of certainty or affirmation

an expression of respect or esteem.

designation as khandhas

somewhere; anywhere; in or regard to anything

whose speech is persuasive or influential.

whose speech is persuasive or influential.

Paramattha: sacca - vacana - Desanā ‘truth or term, exposition that is true in the highest or ultimate sense’, as contrasted with the…

…reaction’, and adhivacana - samphassa verbal or conceptual, i.e. mental contact’.

phassa does not signify physical impact, but is…

…of expression’ vohāra - vacana and on that level they may be used, and are so used in the sutta texts, if taken;without misapprehending them;…

…(vimhay;’ āvahass’ adhivacanaṃ DN-a.i.43 & Vv-a.329) & expl^d. as “something that is not” or “has not been before”, viz…

…explains as “utrāsa-vacanam-etaṃ”); MN.i.448. See also abbhu & abbhuta.

Vedic abhvaṃ, nt. of abhva, see expl^d. under…

…or paraphrase of adhivacana comb^d. with vyañjana & trsl. by Mrs. Rh. D. as “a distinctive mark of discourse”); DN-a.i.20,…

…opp paṭikkosi) Vv-a.65 (vacanaṃ)
pp abhinandita (q.v.). Often in comb^n. with…

only in neg. an˚; displeasure, dislike, discontent AN.i.79; DN-a.i.52 (= kopass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ).

fr. abhiraddha

…= Pts.ii.21 (ekaṃsa-vacanaṃ nissaṃsaya-vacanaṃ etc.) addhā hi Ja.iv.399; Pv.iv.1^{5 2}.

Vedic addhā, cp. Av. azdā…

…ti bhuñjitabban ti ādi vacanato addha-yojanam pi addhāna maggo hoti“, thus taken to addha “half”, from counting by 1/2 miles);…

…˚mutta intent upon ˚vacana “saying in addition” = attribute, metaphor, cp Fr. sur-nom; ˚vāsāna assent, ˚vāseti to dwell in, give…

…SN.iii.71; Dhs.1306; Dhs-a.51.

adhi + vacana

…(variant reading adhimutti-p. at all passages) DN.i.13 (expl^d. by adhivacana-pada DN-a.i.103); MN.ii.228; AN.v.36.

adhi…

indeclinable emphatic particle

1. in affirmative sentences: part. of assurance emphasis = for sure, very much (so), indeed, truly. Note. In connection with a dat. or an infin. the latter only app …

…(= ālapan’ âdhivacana); Ja.ii.3; Pv-a.62. 2. to mark reproach anger = you silly, you rascal DN.i.194; Iti.114; Ja.i.174 (variant…

anger, wrath DN.i.3 (= kopass’etaṃ adhivacanaṃ DN-a.i.52).

an + abhiraddhi

“blind fly”, i.e. dark or yellow fly or gad-fly Snp.20 (= kāṇa-makkhikānaṃ adhivacanaṃ Snp-a.33).

fr. andha

…domanass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ DN-a.i.52); DN.iii.159; MN.i.442; AN.i.79, AN.i.124, AN.i.187; AN.ii.203 AN.iii.181 sq.; AN.iv.168,…

…adhivacana); DN.iii.44, DN.iii.47. Asantasam & anto;

Vedic aśani in same meaning; with Sk. aśri corner, caturaśra four…

…fully completely Snp.p.141 (˚virāga-nirodha); Mil.212 (˚vacana inclusive statement).

a + sesa

…reproach Dhp.320, Dhp.321 (= aṭṭha-anariyavohāra-vasena pavattaṃ vītikkama-vacanaṃ Dhp-a.iv.3) Ja.vi.508.

ati + vac, cp. Sk….

“non-word”, i.e. the wrong word or expression Ja.i.410.

a + vacana

…avadāniyā; buddhānaṃ vacanaṃ n’âdiyantī ti avadāniyā. Snp-a.516 condenses this expl^n. into the foll. avangamanatāya…

…(& ˚ka)

adjective groundless, unfounded (fig) Vin.ii.241; Ja.i.440 (˚kaṃ vacanaṃ). For lit meaning see vatthu.

a +…

…(& ˚ka)

adjective groundless, unfounded (fig) Vin.ii.241; Ja.i.440 (˚kaṃ vacanaṃ). For lit meaning see vatthu.

a +…

…Ja.v.357 (cp. ˚manta) -vacana (tt.g.) the plural number Ja.iv.173; Pv-a.163 -vāraka the tree Cordia…

…ārammaṇassa adhivacanaṃ MN-a.113), Name of Suttanta No. 4 in Majjhima (pp. 16 sq.), quoted at Vism.202; Snp-a.206.

fr. bhī, cp….

…“my (dear) man” (lit. terrestrial) Vin.ii.304 (= piyavacanaṃ Bdhgh).

old voc. of bhumma

…neg. a˚ Pv-a.14. -vacana statement of reality or of the truth Snp-a.336. -vādin truthful…

…(= brahmā ti seṭṭhavacanaṃ Snp-a.592); Ja.ii.346; Ja.iv.288; Ja.vi.524, Ja.vi.532; Pv.i.12#9 (= brāhmaṇa Pv-a.66). 2. divine, as…

…(= brahmā ti seṭṭhavacanaṃ Snp-a.592); Ja.ii.346; Ja.iv.288; Ja.vi.524, Ja.vi.532; Pv.i.12#9 (= brāhmaṇa Pv-a.66). 2. divine, as…

Brāhmaṇa¹

a member of the Brahman caste; a Br teacher. In the Buddhist terminology also used for a man leading a pure, sinless & ascetic life, often even syn. with arahant
■ On brāhmaṇas …

…Dhp-a.ii.41. -vacana the word (teaching) of the Buddha Mil.17; Kp-a.13; Snp-a.274, Snp-a.331….

…by vacana. Thus the derivation fr. pṛ; with vyā˚ can hardly be claimed to be correct for Bdhgh’s conception of…

…“kattu-kāmatāy” adhivacanaṃ; by Dhtp.587 & Dhtm.821 as; chand = icchāyaṃ

1. As virtue: dhammapadesu ch. striving after…

…Vin.ii.139 (chandaso buddhavacanaṃ āropeti to recite in metrical form, or acc. to Bdhgh. in the dialect of the Vedas cp. Vin. Texts iii.150)…

…ti cittassa etaṃ vevacanaṃ Ne.54. yaṃ cittaṃ mano mānasaṃ hadayaṃ paṇḍaraṃ, etc. Dhs.6 = Dhs.111 (same for def. of…

…one’s life Ja.ii.154 paṭivacanaṃ to answer Ja.i.279; sādhukāraṃ to applaud Ja.i.223; paṭiññaṃ to promise Pv-a.76
■ to offer,…

…Tathāgatassa adhivacanaṃ DN.iii.84) A person becoming a follower of the B. would conform to his teaching (Dh.) & to the community…

…tipiṭakaṃ buddhavacanaṃ to know the 3 Piṭakas Mil.18
■ DN.ii.2; Pp.41 (suṇāti bhaṇati, dh. = remember). Cp. upadhāreti…

…(bb = v): dubbaca =) vaca, vacana, vaṇṇa vijāna, vidū, vinivijjha, visodha, vuṭṭhika; (bbhaga bhara, bhāsita, bhikkha; (m)mati, mana,…

…SN.iii.26; kāmānaṃ adhivacanaṃ AN.iii.310; AN.iv.289; cp. AN.iii.410 sq. (with kāmā, vedanā saññā, āsavā, kamma, dukkhaṃ) 2….

…hoti, bhummatthe vā upayogavacanaṃ) Snp.580, Snp.1009, Snp.1017; Ja.i.291; Ja.ii.102, Ja.ii.111; Snp-a.314, Snp-a.456. Also in loc. ekamante…

…“nūna”); Snp-a.414 (˚vacana for “taggha”)
■ Opp. an˚; Mil.225
■ instr. ekaṃsena as adv. for…

…g. to buy Ja.iii.126; vacanaṃ g. to obey Ja.iii.276 (in neg.). The ger. gahetvā is very often simply to be…

…g. to buy Ja.iii.126; vacanaṃ g. to obey Ja.iii.276 (in neg.). The ger. gahetvā is very often simply to be…

…etaṃ kāmaguṇānaṃ adhivacanaṃ). gedhataṇhā SN.i.15 (variant reading kodha˚); Snp.65, Snp.945, Snp.1098; Thig.352 Cnd.231; Dhs.1059…

…= AN.iv.28 sq.

• -ādhivacana a title of respect, a reverential address Cnd.466 (with ref. to Bhagavā), cp. sagārava sappaṭissâdhivacana…

…at Kp-a.117. For a riddle on the word see SN.i.38. As a style of composition it is one of the nine Angas or…

…(of vacana, speech, combined with pharusa) strong (?) Pp.32 (expl by Com. atigāḷha thaddha), cp. 2 and gaḷita. 2. [cp….

…hiri; lajjāy’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; tehi yeva ottappatī ti ottappaṃ; pāpato ubbegass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ“); Ja.i.129 sq.;…

…hiri; lajjāy’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; tehi yeva ottappatī ti ottappaṃ; pāpato ubbegass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ“); Ja.i.129 sq.;…

…like, as Dhp.1, Dhp.2, Dhp.7, Dhp.8, Dhp.287, Dhp.334; Ja.i.295; Snp-a.12 (opamma-vacanaṃ). Elided to ’va, diaeretic-metathetic…

…surely, undoubtedly (ekaṃsavacanaṃ Snp-a.348) usually in negative (& interrog. sentences as na jātu, not at all, never (cp. also sādhu) mā…

Kalla¹ & Kalya

adjective

1. well, healthy, sound Vin.i.291.
2. clever, able, dexterous Mil.48 Mil.87.
3. ready, prepared Ja.ii.12, cp
   ■ citta.
4. fit proper, right SN.ii.13 (pañha)

…

…DN-a.i.263 (= madhura-vacana);
■ a˚ not pronouncing or reciting clearly DN.i.94. DN.i.122;

• -tā the fact of being of good and…

…forming a hiatus Pv-a.52; vacana˚, etc. 2. (m) “the maker,” i.e. the hand Mhvs.5, Mhvs.255–⁠Mhvs.256, 30, 67. -atikaraṃ (adv.)…

…case (with or without ˚vacana) Pv-a.33; Vv-a.25, Vv-a.53, Vv-a.162, Vv-a.174. -atthe in the sense of, with the meaning of the…

…= just: k tvaṃ amhākaṃ vacanaṃ karohi “do all we tell you Pv-a.4
■ only = but, with this difference: Vv-a.203 Vv-a.249
…

…at DN.iii.229. In combn. w vacana of meek, gentle speech, in vattā vacana˚ a speaker of good & meek words SN.i.63; SN.ii.282; Mil.380 cp. suvaco…

…etaṃ upād˚ ānaṃ adhivacanaṃ MN.i.144; bhārā have pañcakkh˚ā SN.iii.26 pañcavadhakā paccatthikā pañcann’… adhivacanaṃ…

…a shot“) Snp.350 (of vacana = lahu Snp-a). 2. a sort of fishing net or eel-basket (cp. khipa & Sk. kṣepaṇī) SN.i.74

■ nt. adv….

…kodhupāyāsassa adhivacanaṃ MN.i.144; “sa-ummī” Iti.114; “sobbho papāto” SN.iii.109;

• -garu “having…

…“geha-bhittiyā etam adhivacanaṃ. Kuḍḍa-rājā see under kuṭṭa). Also in tirokuḍḍaṃ outside the wall…

…k˚-guṇānaṃ adhivacanaṃ AN.iii.312 sq. asisūnā… adhivac˚ MN.i.144; nivāpo… adhivac MN.i.155; sāvaṭṭo… adhivac˚…

…(adj.) with good reason (of vacana) Pv-a.109.

in meaning 1 represented in later Sk. by kāraṇā f., in meaning 2 = Sk. kāraṇa nt.,…

group, heap, collection, aggregate, body

Definitions and synonyms

Snp-a.31 gives the foll. synonyms and similes of kāya: kuṭī, guhā (Snp.772), deha, sandeha (Dhp.148 = Thag.20), nāvā (Dhp.3 …

…The Dhtp.188 & Dhtp.599 defines; lap with “vacana”

…(na) sakkonti kāraṇa-vacanaṃ vā etaṃ: aññena mocetabbā (na) honti).

late Vedic & Epic Sk. mokṣa, fr.; muc, see…

…kappanatāy’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Yathā hi muggasūpe paccante bahū muggā pākaṃ gacchanti, thokā na gacchanti, evam eva saccâlikena…

…as āyasmā, viz. piya-vacanaṃ garu-vacanaṃ etc.); Ja.v.140; Pv.ii.13#3; Mhvs.1, Mhvs.27
■ pl. mārisā Snp.682; Ja.i.47, Ja.i.49;…

…sq.; SN.iv.194 (kāyassa adhivacanaṃ); SN.v.160; AN.i.168, AN.i.178; AN.iv.106 sq (paccantima); AN.v.194 (id.) Dhp.150 (aṭṭhīnaṃ); Snp.414…

…vacanaṃ SN.iv.195; yathāsukhaṃ (the Auspicious) AN.iv.415 sq.; (chanda-) *rāga…

…Vv-a.12, Vv-a.13 (˚etabbavacana the word to be compared or defined, correl. to nidassana-vacana)
pp nidassita…

…illustration Vism.427 (˚vacana quotation); Pv-a.255 (perhaps we should read niyamana); conclusion, e.g. Paṭṭh.A 366; Vb-a.523.

Sk….

…Snp.719, Snp.818 (= nindāvacana Snp-a.537), Snp.1061; Ja.i.64; Ja.vi.83; Vv.5#5; Mnd.150 Cnd.344; Dhs.621; Vv-a.140 (madhura˚); Vv-a.334 (in…

Nipacca-vādin

adjective speaking hurtfully Snp.217 (= dāyakaṃ nipātetvā appiyavacanāni vattā Snp-a.272).

nipacca, ger. of nipāteti + vādin

…sakāya niruttiyā Buddhavacanaṃ dūsenti); DN.i.202 (loka˚, expression); MN.iii.237 (janapada˚); SN.iii.71 (tayo n-pathā); AN.ii.160…

…“sesa-yoni-paṭikkhepa-vacanaṃ etaṃ” See also Pp-a 1, § 40.

fr. upapatti; the BSk. form is a curious distortion of the P. form, viz….

…SN.iv.175 (sakkāyass’ adhivacanaṃ) = Snp-a.24; Dhs.597 Vism.512 (˚tīra-mah’ogha); Dhp-a.ii.99.

superl. formation fr. ora, equivalent to…

…Vv-a.13; Pv-a.232.

• -vacana expression of separate relation, i.e. case of reference, or of the direct object, reflexive…

…vihāra-dvāre ubhato kuṭṭaṃ niharitvā katapadesass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ“ Bdhgh, quoted Vin. Texts iii.175).

cp. Sk. praghaṇa

…etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; cp. SN.iii.109: sobbho papāto kodh’ ûpāyāsass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ); Snp.665 (= sobbha Snp-a.479;…

…upāyāsass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; cp. papaṭā) AN.iii.389 (sobbho p.); Ja.iii.5; Ja.iii.530; Ja.v.70; Ja.vi.306, Ja.vi.309 Vism.116;…

…of…

mastery over, accomplishment in (gen.) Vism.442 (Buddhavacanassa).

abstr. formⁿ fr. pariyāpuṇāti

…occasion, event; loc. pasaṅge at the occasion of (-˚), instead of Kp-a.213 (karaṇavacana˚, where Pv-a.30 in id. p. reads…

…(sensuality SN.iv.70; vacana˚ (way of saying, speech) Vv.63#17 (= vacana Vv-a.262), etc. See also cakkhu˚, ñeyya˚ dveḷhā˚,…

…˚yodha (at-tack), ˚vacana (re-ply), ˚vadati ˚vedeti, ˚sattu (enemy), ˚suṇāti, ˚hata 2. warding off, protecting against…

…+…

…+…

…(vādaṃ start a word-fight); Mil.372; Dhp-a.iv.4 (vacanaṃ).

paṭi + pharati

answer, reply, rejoinder Ja.iv.18; Mil.120; Pv-a.83 (opp. vacana); Thag-a.285.

paṭi + vacana

…DN.iii.152; Vv.84#36 (= piyavacana Vv-a.345)
■ It is doubtful whether vāca-peyya at Snp.303 (Ep. of sacrifice) is the same as ˚vācā (as…

…at MN.i.530) pharusa vacana rough speech Pv-a.15, Pv-a.55, Pv-a.83. 3. cruel Pv.iv.7#6 (kamma = daruṇa Pv-a.265).

cp. Vedic…

…Vb.103; Ne.27.

• -vacana term of endearment or esteem, used with ref. to āyasmā Cnd.130; Snp-a.536, etc.; or mārisa…

…Vin.iii.3; Pv-a.35.

• -vacana repetition Snp-a.487.
• -vāre (loc.) another time Ja.v.21.

cp. Vedic punar, punaḥ, to…

…Ja.iv.466.

• -vacana “speaking in many (bad) ways,” or “people of various speech” (so explained Mnd.397)…

…at Vb-a.338 is “alankāra-karaṇ ādīhi dāraka-kīḷāpanaṃ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ.”-See stock phrase under mugga-sūpyatā.

fr….

…the word of the Buddha DN.i.88; SN.ii.259; Thag.587; Thag.2, Thag.457.

pa + vacana, with lengthening of first a (see Geiger,

Pali Grammar

…

…explained as jutiyā adhivacanaṃ“ i.e. brightness, excellency). 7. at t. t. in philosophy “essential property” (Expos. 84), combined…

…(= anukkhaṇṭhit adhivacanaṃ Cnd.537), Snp.59 (id.), Snp.270, Snp.642, Snp.956 (= nekkhamma-rati paviveka˚, upasama˚ Mnd.457);…

…as sata-vanka)

• -vacana 1 veracity MN.i.403; Dhp.i.160; 2 = saccakiriyā Kp-a.169, Kp-a.180. *…

…= karaṇa-vacana Snp-a.44.

• -vatthu living together with Thig.414 Thig.425; Thag-a.269. *…

adjective faulty, wrong (lit. bitter) Mil.119 (vacana).

sa³ + k.

…Dhs.1343; DN-a.i.287; Dhs-a.396; Ja.iv.57, Ja.iv.58 (= maṭṭhavacana “smooth words”).

abstr. from sakhila

…etaṃ adhivacanaṃ). Cp. Weber Indische Streifen i.36, and sammāpāsa below.

cp. Sk….

the dative relation Ja.v.214 (upayogatthe), Ja.v.237 (karaṇatthe); Snp-a.499 (˚vacana).

saṃ + padāna

…Vin.i.217; Vin.ii.214; ekavacanaṃ s. to be able to utter a single word Ja.ii.164; kathaṃ s. to be able to talk Ja.ii.165 dohaḷe s. to…

…(to) Snp-a.43 (bhumma-vacana), Snp-a.174, Snp-a.437; Kp-a.111; Pv-a.47 (dvāra˚ magga) (nt.) proximity DN.i.118. Cases adverbially: acc….

…and adhivacanasamphassajā i.e. sense impression and recognition (impression of something similar, “association by…

sentence Dhs-a.52.

saṃ + vacana

…to establish the text of the B. scriptures Vin.ii.285; DN-a.i.25 (Buddha-vacanaṃ)
pp saṅgīta.

saṃ + gāyati

…Dhs.1343; DN-a.i.287; Dhs-a.396; Ja.iv.57, Ja.iv.58 (= maṭṭhavacana “smooth words”).

abstr. from sakhila

…Ja.vi.425 (Sāliya-vacana the story of the maina bird, var. read. suva-khaṇḍa; a section of the 546th Jātaka, but sāḷiyā,…

…Pv-a.82, Pv-a.276.

• -vacana (sāmi˚) the genitive case Ja.i.185; Ja.iii.98 (upayog’atthe); Ja.v.42 (karaṇ’atthe),…

…DN-a.i.236; ekaṃsa-vacana Ja.v.66; ekaṃse nipāta Ja.v.307) truly, surely, there now! Vin.ii.126, Vin.ii.297; DN.i.85; MN.i.207,…

…MN.i.520; DN-a.i.106 (= takketvā vitakketvā diṭṭhi-gāhino etaṃ adhivacanaṃ), cp. pp. DN-a.i.114, DN-a.i.115…

…sabhayānañ c’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ; also at Cnd.479: tasa ti yesaṃ tasitā (tasiṇā? taṇhā appahīnā, etc., & ye te santāsaṃ…

…(= saccanikkama);

• -vacana speaking the truth (cp. tathāvādin) Mil.401.

an adjectivized tathā out of combination…

…ti taṇhāy etaṃ adhivacanaṃ SN.iv.83; = sota SN.iv.292 (and a khīṇāsavo = chinnasoto); manujassa pamatta-cārino t vaḍḍhati…

Thūla^a & Thulla^b

(the latter usual in compounds) adjective compact, massive; coarse gross; big, strong, clumsy; common, low, unrefined rough

1. DN.i.223; Snp.146 (aṇuka˚), Snp. …

Thūla^a & Thulla^b

(the latter usual in compounds) adjective compact, massive; coarse gross; big, strong, clumsy; common, low, unrefined rough

1. DN.i.223; Snp.146 (aṇuka˚), Snp. …

…vanasaṇḍo avijjāya adhivacanaṃ SN.iii.109; tibbasārāga (kāmesu SN.iii.93 = Iti.90; AN.ii.30; tibbo manussaloko (dark dense) Mil.7;…

…ṭhānakappana-vacanaṃ nisajjādi-paṭikkhepato Pv-a.24; opp to walking or lying down: tiṭṭhaṃ caraṃ nisinno vā Snp.151,…

…Sdhp.44, Sdhp.259.

• -vacana expression of comparison (usually applied to part. evaṃ) Snp-a.13, Snp-a.472; Kp-a.185,…

…maraṇa-santikaṃ u. C.). 4. bringing up (for trial), charging MN.i.251 (vacanapatha, cp. upanīya). Upaniya (iyya, eyya)

pp. of upaneti

…Usually in cpd -vacana as tt. g. meaning either combined or condensed expression, ellipsis Snp-a.386; Kp-a.236; Pv-a.73, Pv-a.135…

…urago sappass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ Pv-a.63); Pv-a.61, Pv-a.67.

• -cakka an iron wheel (put on the chest), as an…

…urago sappass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ Pv-a.63); Pv-a.61, Pv-a.67.

• -cakka an iron wheel (put on the chest), as an…

adjective to be spoken to, or to be answered DN.i.175; Snp.p.140.

grd. formation fr. vacana

…Ja.i.188; Mnd.553 (= vacana byāpatha desanā anusandhi); Pv.i.11#12. instr. vacasā Vin.ii.95 (dhammā bahussutā honti dhatā v….

…Ved. vadati; Dhtp.134 vada = vacana

…explained by sakāraṇa-vacana Pv-a.109. 2. a current Ja.iv.260 (gangā˚); Ja.v.388 (mahā˚)
■ Cp. vāha.

fr….

…DN.i.53 (sacca˚ = sacca-vacana DN-a.i.160). See also mosa-vajja. 2. “to be sounded, i.e. musical instrument Ja.i.500 (˚bheri). Vajja,…

…Vism.29; Vb-a.484; Pgdp.100
■ Spelt vamhanā at Ja.i.454 (vamhana-vacana) & at Dhs-a.396 (khuṃsana˚).

abstr. fr. vambheti

bragging, boasting, despising Ja.i.319 (˚vacana).

for vambha: see vambheti

…(tibba v. avijjāya adhivacana); AN.iii.30; Ja.i.82, Ja.i.170; Dhp-a.i.313; Dhp-a.ii.100.

Ved. vana
■ The P. (edifying) etymology…

…ānusayass’ etaṃ adhivacanaṃ.“-The fig. meaning is “lust, desire,” see e.g. SN.i.186; Thag.338; Dhp.344; Snp.16 (˚ja); Dhs.1059…

…nt. process, progress, (as ˚-) in progress Snp-a.4 (˚uppanna); Pv-a.55 -vacana the present tense Snp-a.16, Snp-a.23.

ppr. med. of vattati

…Snp-a.24, Snp-a.447 Cp. adhivacana.

fr. vivacana

…translation); AN.ii.46 (˚vacana analysis)- -vāda the Vibhajja doctrine, i.e. the doctrine which analyses, or the “religion of logic or…

to boast, show off SN.ii.229; Ja.i.454 (= vañcana-vacanaṃ vadati C.)
pp vikatthita.

vi + katthati

…with dishevelled hair Ja.i.47; Vism.415.

• -vāca (adj.) of loose talk SN.i.61 (= asaññata-vacana K.S. i.320) Pp.35 (same…

…chava-sarīrassa adhivacanaṃ), Vism.194- hata˚; killed & cut up Vism.179. 2. citta˚; of unbalanced or deranged mind Mil.308.

vi +…

1. driving out, abolishing destruction, removal Vin.i.3 (asmi-mānassa), Vin.i.235, Vin.iii.3 (akusalānaṃ dhammānaṃ vinayāya dhammaṃ desemi); SN.i.40; Snp.921; AN.i.91 (kodha˚, upanāha˚), AN.ii.34 (pi …

…unequivocal, certain, distinct, definite AN.v.268 (˚dassana); Mil.214 (˚vacana); Pv-a.231 (= sacca yāthāva).

pp. of vi + pari + i

…define, specify Ja.v.120, Ja.v.451; Snp-a.343; grd. visesitabba (-vacana) qualifying (predicative) expression…

…-vacana). 3. vissaṭṭha at Ja.iv.219 in phrase -indriya means something like “strong,” distinguished. The…

…micchādiṭṭhi-vevacanaṃ“); Dhs.381 (“disorder of opinion” translation); Cnd.271#iii; Vb.145; Dhs-a.253. Cp. variant reading…

…-desanā Snp-a.163 -vacana Snp-a.416. Thus in general often in instr. or abl. as adv. “in detail,” in extenso (opp. sankhittena in…

…+ ati +…

talk, recitation, disputation; invitation (?), in brāhmaṇa˚; Ja.i.318 (karoti); Ja.iii.171, Ja.iv.391 (karoti); regarded as a kind of festival. At Ja.iii.238 vācanaka is used b …

1. amiable speech (vācā + peyya = piya) Ja.vi.575 (= piyavacana C.)
2. spelling for vājapeyya (q.v.).

…Snp.973, Snp.1061 (= vacana Cnd.560); Mnd.504; Dhs-a.324 (vuccatī ti vācā)
■ In sequence vācā girā byappatha…

…(but Snp-a.550 = nindā-vacana) Ja.i.2 (jāti˚ genealogy, cp. DN.i.137). See also cpd. -patha 3. discussion, disputation, argument,…

…tādino); Snp.1102 (= vacana Cnd.559); Ja.iv.5 Ja.v.78; Tha-ap.25; Kp-a.166 (˚opādāna resumption of the sentence); Dhs-a.324 (˚bheda…

…satiyā-y-etaṃ adhivacanaṃ MN.ii.260; na-y-imassa Pv.iv.1#2
■ After i before a: pāvisi-y-assamaṃ Ja.v.405…

…these texts. E.g. SN.iv.195 (vacanaṃ, epithet of nibbāna); SN.v.440 (abhisamaya); Snp.194, Snp.202, Snp.653; Dhp.203; Pv-a.215 (guṇa)….

…with Mhvs.10, Mhvs.66 (vacana˚); Sdhp.340 (sutti˚); and abl yuttito Sdhp.505. 3. (logical) fitness, right construction,…

…-vacana exact logical or true speech Mil.214 (taccha-vacana, yāthāvav, aviparīta-v.). *…

…“paricched âvadhāraṇa-vacanaṃ,” and at Dhp-a.ii.73 “avadhiparicchedana”: giving a limitation, or saying up to the limit. SN.ii.276…

…ʻatthī’ ti vuccanti vacana-vyattayo veditabbo“); yāvatā ariyaṃ paramaṃ sīlaṃ, nâhaṃ tattha attano sama-samaṃ…

…of kuto (abl.) equalling or being substituted for the acc case: paccatta-vacanassa to-ādeso veditabbo.

fr. ādisati, cp. Sk. ādeśa

…welcome, only in phrase -vacana welcome or acceptable speech, glad words Vin.ii.158; Ja.vi.243; Mil.110; Thag-a.42. Adeva, Adevana

grd. of…

…dheyyamukho, paṭhama-vacanasmiṃ yeva ṭhapita-mukho ti attho“ (sticking to one’s word?) See…

…not heeding), Pv-a.212 (vacanaṃ anādiyitvā not paying attention to his word), ādiya SN.iii.26 (variant reading an˚…

Āgada & Āgadana

masculine & neuter a word; talk, speech DN-a.i.66 (= vacana).

ā + gad to speak

Āgada & Āgadana

masculine & neuter a word; talk, speech DN-a.i.66 (= vacana).

ā + gad to speak

…pi buddhavacanassa pariyāpuṇaṇaṃ“. See also āgata 2, for phrase āgat’āgama, handed down in the Canon, Vin *loc….

…text of the Scriptures); -vacana a saying of the Scriptures, a traditional or proverbial saying Ne.21 (in def. of suttaṃ).

grd. of āharati,…

…Snp.40 (ep. Cnd.128) -vacana the address-form of speech i.e. the vocative case (cp. Sk. āmantritaṃ id.) Snp-a.435; Kp-a.167.

from…

…leviathan); Ja.vi.589 (˚bheri festive drum) DN-a.i.53 (= pītiyā etaṃ adhivacanaṃ).

Vedic ānanda, fr. ā + nand, cp. BSk. ānandī…

…by typical formula “piya-vacanaṃ garu˚, sagārava-sappaṭissâdhivacanaṃ”, e.g. Mnd.140, Mnd.445; Cnd.130 on var. Snp loci (e.g….