physician, doctor, medical man, surgeon Ja.i.455 Ja.iii.142; Kp-a.21; Snp-a.274 (in simile); Vv-a.185, Vv-a.322; Dhp-a.i.8; Pv-a.36, Pv-a.86; Sdhp.279, Sdhp.351
■ hatthi˚; elephantdoctor Ja.vi.490; Mhvs.25, Mhvs.34; visa˚; a physician who cures poison(ous bites) Ja.i.310; Ja.iv.498.

• -kamma medical practice or treatment Ja.ii.421 Ja.v.253; Vism.384; Dhp-a.iii.257, Dhp-a.iii.351; Dhp-a.iv.172.

fr. vid, *Sk. vaidya, but to Pāli etym. feeling fr. vijjā