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vattassa

vatta

nt dat sg of vatta (noun); nt gen sg of vatta (noun); nt dat sg of vatta (letter); nt gen sg of vatta (letter)

1. custom; practice; way of life; behaviour
2. procedure; process; customary practice
3. duty; responsibility (of or towards)
4. (gram) letter v; 37th letter of the alphabet; dento-labial semi-vowel; lit. v state
5. service, function

Etymology. √vatt + a; from √vatt 'be, proceed'; Sanskrit vṛtta [vṛt]

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

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