vetta

twig, rod; creeper; junglerope (cp. veṇu-daṇḍa); cane (calamus). By itself only in standard list of punishments (tortures): vettehi tāḷeti to flog with canes, e.g. AN.i.47; AN.ii.122; Mil.196 Otherwise freq. in compounds:

  • -agga cane-top, sprout of bamboo (cp. kaḷīra) Vism.255 (where Kp-a in id. p. reads ˚ankura); Vb-a.60, Vb-a.239 Vb-a.252.
  • -aṅkura a shoot of bamboo Kp-a.52, Kp-a.67.
  • -āsana cane chair Vv-a.8.
  • -cāra (vettācāra) “stick-wandering” (?) Ja.iii.541 (+ sankupatha; C.: vettehi sañcaritabba); Vv.84#11 (vettācāraṃ sankupathañ ca maggaṃ explained as vettalatā bandhitvā ācaritabba magga Vv-a.338); better as “jungle-path.”
  • -patha “a jungle full of sticks” (translation Rh. D.) Mil.280 (+ sankupatha) jungle-path.
  • -bandhana binding with twigs (rope?) creeper-bands SN.iii.155; SN.v.51 = AN.iv.127.
  • -latā cane creeper Ja.i.342; Vv-a.8, Vv-a.338.
  • -valli garland of creeper Dāvs iii.40.

cp. Epic Sk. vetra