1. locality, spot, region; world, realm, province, neighbourhood Snp.977. Often in foll. combinations: petti˚; (or pitti˚) and pettika

   1. the world of the manes or petas MN.i.73; SN.iii.224; SN.v.342 SN.v.356 sq.; AN.i.37, AN.i.267; AN.ii.126 sq.; AN.iii.211, AN.iii.339, AN.iii.414 sq. AN.iv.405 sq.; AN.v.182 sq.; Pv.ii.2#2; Pv.ii.7#9; Ja.i.51; Pv-a.25 sq. Pv-a.59 sq. Pv-a.214.
   2. the way of the fathers, native or proper beat or range DN.iii.58; SN.v.146 sq.; AN.iii.67; Ja.ii.59 Yama˚; the realm of Yama or the Dead Pv.ii.8#2 (= petaloka Pv-a.107).

2. reach, sphere (of the senses) range, scope; object, characteristic, attribute (cp. Cpd. 143 n. 2) SN.v.218 (gocara˚); Ne.23 (iddhi˚); Mil.186 Mil.215, Mil.316; Vism.216 (visayī-bhūta), Vism.570 = Vb-a.182 (mahā˚ & appa˚); Kp-a.17; Snp-a.22, Snp-a.154 (buddha˚), Snp-a.228 (id.); Pv-a.72, Pv-a.89
   ■ avisaya not forming an object a wrong object, indefinable AN.v.50; Ja.v.117 (so read for ˚ara); Pv-a.122, Pv-a.197.

3. object of sense, sensual pleasure Snp-a.100.

cp. Sk. viśaya, fr. vi + śī