mode of being or acting, conduct, practice, usage, livelihood, habit SN.i.100 (ariya˚; cp. ariya-vāsa); Snp.81 = Mil.228 (= jīvitavutti Snp-a.152); Snp.68, Snp.220, Snp.326, Snp.676; Ja.vi.224 (= jīvita-vutti C.); Pv.ii.9#14 (= jīvita Pv-a.120); Pv.iv.1#21 (= jīvikā Pv-a.229); Mil.224, Mil.253; Vv-a.23.

fr. vṛt, cp. vattati; Sk. vṛtti