Va¹

the syllable “va” Kp-a.109 (with ref. to ending ˚vā in Bhagavā, which Bdhgh exp^ls as “va-kāraṃ dīghaṃ katvā,” i.e. a lengthening of va); Snp-a.76 (see below va³).

Va²

indeclinable like, like as, as if; only in poetry (as already pointed out by Trenckner, Mil.422): Iti.84 (tālapakkaṃ va bandhanā), Iti.90 (chavālātaṃ va nassati); Dhp.28; Snp.38 (vaṃso visālo va: see C. explⁿ under va³); Pv.i.8#1 (ummatta-rūpo va; = viya Pv-a.39); Pv.i.11#6 (naḷo va chinno); Mil.72 (chāyā va anapāyinī); Ja.iii.189 (kusamuddo va ghosavā); Ja.iv.139 (aggîva suriyo va); Dhp-a.iii.175.

the enclitic, shortened form of iva after long vowels. Already to be found for iva in RV metri causâ

Va³

indeclinable even, just (so), only; for sure, certainly Dhp.136 (aggi-daḍḍho va tappati); Ja.i.138, Ja.i.149 (so pi suvaṇṇa-vaṇṇo va ahosi) 207; Snp-a.76 (vakāro avadhāraṇ’ attho eva -kāro vā ayaṃ, sandhi-vasen’ ettha e-kāro naṭṭho: wrong at this passage Snp.38 for va² = iva!); Pv-a.3 (eko va putto), Pv-a.4 (ñātamattā va).

for eva, after long vowels

Va⁴

is (metrically) shortened form of vā, as found e.g. Dhp.195 (yadi va for yadi vā); or in correlation va-va either-or: Dhp.108 (yiṭṭhaṃ va hutaṃ va), Dhp.138 (ābādhaṃ va cittakkhepaṃ va pāpuṇe).