- a company, section group, party Vin.i.58 (du˚, ti˚), Vin.i.195 (dasa˚ a chapter of 10 bhikkhus).
- a section or chapter of a canonical book Dhp-a.i.158 (eka-vagga-dvi-vagga-mattam pi) Dhs-a.27.
- -uposatha celebration (of the uposatha) in groups “incomplete congregation” (translation Oldenberg) Dpvs.7 36. More likely to vagga2!
- -gata following a (sectarian) party (Bdhgh identifies this with the 62 diṭṭhigatikā Snp-a.365) SN.i.187; Snp.371.
- -bandha, in instr ˚ena group by group Mhvs.32, Mhvs.11.
- -bandhana banded together, forming groups Dhp-a.iv.93, Dhp-a.iv.94.
- -vagga in crowds, confused, heaped up Ja.vi.224; Pv-a.54.
- -vādaka taking somebody’s part Vin.iii.175.
- -sārin conforming to a (heretic) party Snp.371, Snp.800, Snp.912; Mnd.108, Mnd.329.
Vedic varga, fr. vṛj; cp. Lat. volgus & vulgus (= E. vulgar) crowd, people