vajjesu

vajja

masc loc pl of vajja (ptp); nt loc pl of vajja (ptp); nt loc pl of vajja (noun)

speaking; saying; lit. to be said
fault; error; mistake (of); lit. to be avoided
which should be avoided
musical instrument

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vaj — root · speak, say
√vac- in Sanskrit; cognate with Latin vox, English voice. The concrete sense 'utterance' broadened to 'matter, thing said', then to 'fault' (what should not be spoken or done).

Etymology. From √vac- (to speak, say); cognate with Latin vox (voice), English voice. The sense 'fault' derives from 'what should not be said' — things to be avoided in speech and conduct. In Pali compounds and doctrinal usage, vajja frequently denotes moral failing (e.g., in the phrase akusala-vajja 'unskillful fault').

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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