Pali Proper Names - V -

• Vāpārani. A monastery built by Aggabodhi VI. Cv.xlviii.64.
• Vāpinagara. A stronghold mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Vijayabāhu I. Cv.lviii.43.
• Vāpivātaka. A locality in the Malaya province of Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Gajabāhu. Cv.lxx.21.
• Vappa
• Vappa Sutta. The conversation between Vappa, the Sākyan, and the Buddha. See Vappa (2). A.ii.196f.
• Varadassana. A Cakkavatti of one kappa ago, a previous birth of Kusumāsaniya (Suyāmia) Thera. Ap.i.160; ThagA.i.166.
• Varadhara. A noted Paribbājaka in the time of the Buddha. He lived with Annabhāra, Sakuludāyī and others in the Paribbājakārāma, on the banks of the Sappinikā (A.ii.29, 176), and again in the Moranivāpa in Rājagaha. M.ii.1.
• Varadīpa. The name given to Ceylon in the time of Konāgamana Buddha. Its capital was Vaddhamāna and its king Samiddha. Sp.i.86; Mhv.xv.93; Dpv.i.73; ix. 20; xv. 45, etc.
• Varakalyāna
• Varakappa. The name of a kappa in which three Buddhas are born in the world. BuA.158f..
• Varamandhātā. A primeval king, son of Mandhātā. His son was Cara. J.iii.454, but according to DA.i.258 and SNA.i.352, his son was Uposatha.
• Vārana
• Varana Jātaka (No. 71)
• Varana Vagga. The eighth chapter of the Eka Nipāta of the Jātakatthakathā. J.i.316 59.
• Varana. A Cakkavatti of forty one kappas ago, a previous birth of Kusumāsaniya (Suyāma) Thera. Ap.i.162; ThagA.i.171.
• Varanā. A city on the banks of the Kaddamadaha, where Arāmadanda visited Mahā Kaccāna. A.i.65; AA.i.322.
• Varañānamuni. A Thera. One of the two theras appointed to lead the delegation of monks who left Ayyojhā (in Siam) to go to Ceylon, for the furtherance of the Order in Ceylon, in the reign of Kittisirirājasīha. He was expert in the Dhamma and the Vinaya and taught them to the monks of Ceylon. Cv.c.138, 174.
• Vāranavatī. The capital of Anikaratta, the king to whom Sumedhā was to be given in marriage. ThigA.272.
• Vararoja
• Varavāranā
• Varuna
• Varunā. A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta (D.ii.259, 260). They probably form the retinue of Varuna (18).
• Vārunā. A class of deities, followers of Varuda, who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.259.
• Varunadeva. The sixth son of Devagabbhā.
• Vārunī
• Vārunī Jātaka (No. 47)
• Varunindhara. An Ajīvaka who gave grass for his seat to Revata Buddha. BuA., p.132.
• Vasa Sutta. Seven things, skill in which enables a monk to turn his mind according to his wish and not to turn himself according to his mind. A.iv.34.
• Vāsabbakkhattiyā
• Vasabha
• Vāsabhā. See Vāsabhakhattiyā.
• Vāsabhagāma bhānavāra. The fourth chapter of the Campeyyakhandhaka of the Mahāvagga. Vin.i.312 22.
• Vāsabhagāma / Vasabhagāma
• Vāsabhagāmī, Vāsabhagāmika
• Vasabhodakavāra. See Vasabha (6).
• Vasala Sutta
• Vasala, Vassala. A mountain near Himavā, where lived Sudassana Pacceka Buddha. ThagA.i.88, 395; Ap.ii.451 calls it Cāvala.
• Vasālanagara. A village in Ceylon, probably near Cittalapabbata. It was the residence of two brothers, Cūlanāga and Mahānāga, who later became monks. SA.ii.125.
• Vasantaguhā. A cave in the park of Parakkamabāhu I. in Pulatthipura. Cv.lxxiii.112.
• Vāsava
• Vāsavanesī. A class of devas, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.260.
• Vasavattī
• Vasavattī Sutta. Vasavattī devaputta visits Moggallāna with five hundred other devaputtas and agrees with Moggallāna in singing the praises of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha. S.iv.280.
• Vāsettha
• Vāsettha Sutta
• Vāsetthī
• Vasī. An epithet of Mahābrahmā. E.g., J.vi.201.
• Vāsidāyaka Thera. An arahant. Ninety four kappas ago he was an artisan (kammāra) in Tivarā and gave a razor to the Buddha. Ap.i.221.
• Vāsijata (or Nāvā) Sutta
• Vāsitthā, Vāsitthī.  See Vāsettha, Vāsetthī.
• Vasitthaka. The father of the Bodhisatta in the Takkala Jātaka. J.iv. 44ff.
• Vasitthī. See Vāsettha.
• Vassa
• Vassa Sutta
• Vassakāra
• Vassakāra Sutta
• Vassakārānumodanā Sutta.-A sutta quoted in the Sutta Sangaha (No.62) from the Vinaya Pitaka (i.229f.), where the Buddha gives thanks to Sunīdha and Vassakāra, for a meal given to him.
• Vassavalāhakā
• Vassāvāsabhānavāra. The first chapter of the Vassūpanāyikakhandha of the Mahāvagga. Vin.i.137 48.
• Vassavuttha Sutta
• Vassika Sutta. Just as of all scented flowers the jasmine (vassika) is the chief, so of all profitable conditions earnestness is the chief. S.v.44.
• Vassūpanāyikakandha. The third chapter of the Mahāvagga of the Vinaya Pitaka (Vin.i.137ff). It was preached by Mahinda to Devānampiyatissa to show the necessity of a monastery in Cetiyagiri. Mhv.xvi.9.
• Vasū. A class of devas of whom Sakka is the chief. See Vāsava. D.ii.260; DA.ii.690.
• Vasudattā. Wife of Padumuttara Buddha in his last lay life. Bu.xi.21.
• Vāsudeva
• Vāsula. Son of Candakumāra (J.vi.143); he is identified with Rāhula. J.iv.157.
• Vāsuladatta
• Vāsuladattā
• Vasulokī or Vāsula. See Sudanta.
• Vasuttara. One of the palaces of Paduma Buddha before his Renunciation. BuA., p. 146; but see Paduma.
• Vāta Sutta
• Vatagāma. A monastery in Ceylon, built by Moggallāna III. He gave for its maintenance the village of the same name, which was attached to it. Cv.xliv.50.
• Vātaggasindhava Jātaka (No. 266)
• Vātaggasindhava. The Bodhisatta born as the state horse of the king of Benares. See the Vātaggasindhava Jātaka.
• Vātagiri. A mountain in the Dakkhinadesa of Ceylon, a point of strategic importance, providing a safe place of refuge. Cv.lviii.31; lx. 39; lxxxviii.43; see also Cv. Trs.i.204, n. 2.
• Vātakālaka
• Vātakapabbata. A place in Ceylon where Maliyadeva Thera preached the Cha Chakka Sutta and sixty monks became arahants. MA.ii.1024.
• Vātamangana. See Cittamangana ??.
• Vātamiga Jātaka (No. 14)
• Vatamsa. One of the three palaces of Sumana Buddha in his last lay life. Bu.v.22.
• Vatamsaka
• Vatamsakiya Thera
• Vatamsikā. The wife of Sumana Buddha before his Renunciation. Anupama was their son. Bu.v.23.
• Vatapada or Devā Sutta
• Vatarakkhatthalī. A village in Ceylon, mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxiv.76.
• Vātasama. A Cakkavatti of long ago, a previous birth of Mānava (Sammukhāthavika) Thera. ThagA.i.164; Ap.i.159.
• Vātātapanivāriya Thera. An arahant. Ap.i.207.
• Vātavalāhakā. See Valāhakā.
• Vātīyamandapa. A village mentioned in the account of the campaigns of Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxii.32.
• Vatra. An Asura. See Vatrabhū below. J.v.153; cp. Sanskrit Vrtra.
• Vatrabhū. A name for Indra (Sakka). (J.v.153; S.i.47). Buddhaghosa (SA.i.83) explains it as sveva vattena aññe abhibhavitvā devissariyapatto ti Vatrabhū, Vatranāmakam vā asuram abhibhavatī ti.
• Vatsā. See Vamsā.
• Vatta Sutta. Sāriputta addresses the monks at Sāvatthi on the seven bojjhanga and of his ability to abide in any of these according to his desire; just as a nobleman possessed of many robes can don whichever he desires. S.v.70f.
• Vattabbaka Nigrodha
• Vattagāmanī Abhaya
• Vattaka Jātaka (No. 35)
• Vattakakārapitthi. A village granted by Aggabodhi I. for the maintenance of the Bhinnorudīpa vihāra. Cv.xlii.26.
• Vattakālaka
• Vattakkhandhaka. The eighth section of the Cullavagga. Vin.ii.207 31.
• Vattalagāma. A village in which Vijayabāhu III. built the Vijayabāhu-vihāra. Cv.lxxxi.58; see also Cv. Trs.ii.140, n.3.
• Vattanahānakottha. One of the eight bath houses erected in Pulatthipura by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxviii.45.
• Vattaniya
• Vattha Sutta
• Vatthadāyaka Thera. An arahant. In the time of Atthadassī Buddha, he was a Garula, and, seeing the Buddha on his way to Gandhamādana, he offered him a garment. Thirty six kappas ago he was king seven times under the name of Arunaka. Ap.i.116.
• Vatthu Sutta
• Vatthugāthā
• Vatthulapabbata.-A mountain in Ceylon. Ras.ii.19f.
• Vatthūpama Sutta
• Vattita Sutta. On the eight proper ways of dealing with a monk guilty of some offence, against whom proceedings have been taken. A.iv.347; cp. Vin.ii.86; M.ii.249.
• Vattura Vihāra.-A monastery on the banks of the Kappakandaranadī. Ras.ii.111.
• Vatuka. A Damila, paramour of Anulā. He reigned for one year and two months and was then poisoned by her. He was originally a carpenter in Anurādhapura. Mhv.xxxiv.19f.; Dpv.xx.27.
• Vaya Sutta. That which is transient by nature must be put away. S.iii.197.
• Vāyāma Sutta. A nun who speaks carelessly in praise of the unworthy and in blame of the praiseworthy, who is wrong in mindfulness and rejects the gifts of the faith, is destined for hell. A.iii.141.
• Vayiga. A river in South India. Cv.lxxvi.307.
• Vāyodevā. A class of deities present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.259.
• Vāyu. A deity, whose son was Vijjādhara. See the Samugga Jātaka.
• Vāyussaputta. See the Samugga Jātaka.
• Vebhalinga. See Vehalinga.
• Vebhāra
• Vedabbha Jātaka (No. 48)
• Vedabbha. The name of a charm and of a brahmin who knew it. See the Vedabbha Jātaka.
• Vedalla
• Vedalla Sutta. See Culla Vedalla and Mahā Vedalla.
• Vedanā Samyutta. The thirty sixth section of the Samyutta Nikāya. S.iv.204-37.
• Vedanā Sutta
• Vedanāpariggaha Sutta. See the Dīghanakha Sutta, for which this was evidently another name. E.g., DA.ii.418; DhA.i.79; ThagA.ii.95.
• Vedanāya Sutta
• Vedaññā. See Vedhaññā.
• Vedeha
• Vedehā. The people of Videha.
• Vedehamuni
• Vedehaputta. An epithet of Sotthisena, king of Kāsi. The scholiast explains that his mother was a Videha princess. J.v.90.
• Vedeharajja, Vedeharattha. Name given to the kingdom of Videha. E.g., J.vi.393, 411.
• Vedehikā
• Vedehiputta
• Vedhañña, Vedañña
• Vedikāraka Thera
• Vedisa, Vedisagiri
• Vedisadevī
• Vedisaka. See Vediyaka.
• Vediya, Vediyaka
• Vediyadāyaka Thera. An arahant. He built a railing round the Bodhi tree of Vipassī Buddha. Eleven kappas ago he was a king named Sūriyassama. Ap.i.219f.
• Vegabbarī. See Vetambharī.
• Veghanasā. A class of devas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.261.
• Vehalinga
• Vehapphala
• Vejanīya Sutta. See Samvejanīya Sutta.
• Vejayanta
• Vekhanassa Sutta
• Vekhanassa. A Paribbājaka teacher of Sakuladāyī (MA.ii.716). See Vekhanassa Sutta.
• Vela, Velu. A friend of Vasabha and father of Velusumana, who was named after his father and his father's friend Sumana, governor of Girijanapada. Mhv.xxiii.69.
• Velagāmi vihāra. A monastery in Ceylon, restored by Vijayabāhu I. Cv.lx.62.
• Velakkāra
• Velāma
• Velāma Sutta
• Velamikā. Chief of the eighty four thousand women who waited on Mahāsudassana, king of Kusāvatī. She was also called Khattiyānī. S.iii.146; but at D.ii.187 the chief queen is called Subhaddā.
• Velangavitthika 1. A monastery built by Saddhatissa. Mhv.xxxiii.8.
• Velangavitthika 2. A tank in Ceylon, built by Mahāsena. Mhv.xxxvii.48.
• Velankundi. A village in South India, used as a stronghold in the campaigns of Lankāpura. Cv.lxxvii.89, 93.
• Vellināba. A stronghold in South India. Cv.lxxvii.39.
• Veludanta, Veludatta. Teacher of Vaddha Thera. ThagA.i.413.
• Veludvāra
• Veludvāra Vagga. The first chapter of the Sotāpatti Samyutta. S.v.342 60.
• Veludvāreyya Sutta
• Velugāma. A village in Avanti, birthplace of Isidatta Thera.v.l. Vaddhagāma. ThagA.i.238.
• Veluka Jātaka (No. 43)
• Veluka. A viper. See the Veluka Jātaka.
• Velukanda, Velukanta
• Velukantakī, Velukandakī, Velukantakiyā
• Velukapītā. See the Veluka Jātaka.
• Veluppa
• Veluriya. A village and a rock near which are found veluriyā (sapphires). VvA.27.
• Velusumana
• Veluvagāma. See Beluvagāma.
• Veluvana
• Veluvanadānānumodanā Sutta.-A sutta quoted in the Sutta Sangaha (No.64) from the introduction to the Buddhavamsa Commentary, giving an account of the gift of Veluvana by Bimbisāra
• Venāga Sutta
• Venāgapura. A brahmin village of Kosala, where the Buddha preached the Venāga Sutta. A.i.180.
• Venasāra Jātaka. See the Dhonasākha Jātaka.
• Venateyya. A Garula, husband of Kākātī. He is identified with Kunāla. J.v.428.
• Vendu Sutta. The question asked by Vendu (q.v.) and the Buddha's answer. S.l.52.
• Vendu. A devaputta. He visited the Buddha and asked him a question. S.i.52; SA. (i.87) calls him Venhu.
• Venhu. A deva who was present, with his retinue, at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta (D.ii.259). See also Vendu above. Venhu is a Pāli form of Visnu. See also Andhakavenhudāsaputta.
• Venī. A she jackal, wife of Pūtimamsa. See the Putimamsa Jātaka.
• Venigāma.-The Chief of Cūlanāga. Ambāmacca was his son. Ras.ii.145.
• Venisāla.-Father of Tissāmacca.
• Venu. A river in Ceylon, on the way from Anurādhapura to Dakkhinadesa. It lay between the Tissavāpi and Jajjaranadī. VibhA. p. 446.
• Venudatta Thera. A monk. Valliya Thera heard him preach and questioned him. Pondering on what be had heard, he gained insight. ThagA.i.292.
• Venumatī. A channel branching off from the Toyavāpi on its western side. It was constructed by Parakkamabāhu I. Cv.lxxix.46.
• Vepacitti
• Vepacitti (or Khanti) Sutta
• Vepulla, Vipula
• Vepullabuddhi
• Vepullapabbata Sutta. It gives the particulars (names, etc.) regarding Mt. Vepulla in the age of the four last Buddhas. S.ii.190ff.
• Vepullatā Sutta. Four conditions which, if cultivated, lead to the increase of insight. S.v.411.
• Vera Sutta
• Verahaccāni
• Verahaccāni Sutta. Contains an account of the conversion of the brahmin lady of the Verehaccānigotta. S.iv.412f.
• Verambā Sutta. A monk whose heart is possessed by gains and flattery, and whose senses are unguarded in the presence of women -  he is like a bird caught in a hurricane (verambavāta). S.ii.231.
• Verambā, Verambhā. Probably a name for the monsoon winds. The scholiast says (ThagA.i.534) that, according to some, it was the name of a rocky glen (pabbataguhāpabbhāra).
• Verañjā
• Verañja Sutta. Describes the interview between the Buddha and the brahmin Verañja. See Verañjā. A.iv.172ff.
• Verañja. A brahmin. See Verañjā. According to Buddhaghosa his real name was Udaya, but he was called Verañja because he was born and lived at Verañjā. Sp.i.111.
• Verañjabhānavāra. The first section of the Sutta Vibhanga. Vin.iii.111.
• Verañjaka Sutta. Preached to the brahmins of Verañjā, who visited the Buddha at Sāvatthi. The subject matter is identical with that of the Sāleyyaka Sutta. M.i.290.
• Verañjakā. The brahmins of Verañjā, to whom the Verañjaka Sutta was preached. M.i.290.
• Verī Jātaka (No. 103)
• Veriya Vihāra.-A monastery, probably near the Jajjaranadī. Maliyamahādeva once lived there. Ras.ii.153.
• Veroca
• Verocana
• Verocana Sutta. Records the visit of Verocana and Sakka to the Buddha. See Veroca.
• Vesākha
• Vesālā. The Nāgas of Vesāli who were present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.258; DA.ii.688.
• Vesāli
• Vesāli Sutta
• Vesārajja Sutta
• Vesāyī. A name for Yama. J.ii.317, 318.
• Vessabhū
• Vessagiri
• Vessāmitta
• Vessamittā.-Queen of Kosambī. When her husband was killed in battle his conqueror wished to marry her, but she refused. He ordered her to be burnt, but by her piety she was unscathed and received great honour. Ras.i.18f.
• Vessānara. A name for the God of Fire. J.vi.203.
• Vessantara
• Vessantara Jātaka (No. 547)
• Vessara. A pleasance in which Mangala Buddha died. Bu.iv.32.
• Vessavana
• Vetambarī
• Vetaranī
• Vetaraññī. The waters of the Vetaranī. J.vi.250.
• Vetendu. A vassal of the Cātummahārājāno, present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. D.ii.258.
• Vethadīpa, Vethadīpaka
• Vethadīpaka
• Vethipura. A city in India, the birthplace of Abhibhūta Thera. v.1. Vetthapura. ThagA.i.372.
• Vettavāsa vihāra
• Vettavatī
• Vetthapura. See Vethipura above.
• Vetullavāda
• Vevatiyakapi Jātaka. v.l. for Mahākapī (q.v.). J.iii.178.
• Veyyākarana
• Veyyāvaccaka Thera