Vanaṁ

neuter the forest; wood; as a place of pleasure sport (“wood”), as well as of danger & frightfulness (“jungle”), also as resort of ascetics, noted for its loneliness (“forest”). Of (fanciful) def^ns of vana may be mentioned: Snp-a.24 (vanute vanotī ti vanaṃ); Kp-a.111 (vanayatī ti vanaṃ); Dhs-a.364 (taṃ taṃ ārammaṇaṃ vanati bhajati allīyatī ti vanaṃ, yācati vā ti vanaṃ [i.e. vana²]. vanatho ti vyañjanena padaṃ vaḍḍhitaṃ… balava-taṇhāy’etaṃ nāma); Dhp-a.iii.424 (mahantā rukkhā vanaṃ nāma, khuddakā tasmiṃ vane ṭhitattā vanathā nāma etc., with further distinguishing detail concerning the allegorical meanings)
■ DN.ii.256 (bhikkhūṇaṃ samitiṃ vanaṃ); AN.i.35, AN.i.37; Dhp.283 (also as vana²); Snp.272, Snp.562 (sīho nadati vane), Snp.1015 (id.), Snp.684 (Isivhaya v.); Snp.p.18 (Jetavana), p. 115 (Icchānangala); Thig.147 (Añjanavana; a wood near Sāketa with a vihāra); Ja.v.37 (here meaning beds of lotuses) Mil.219 (vanaṃ sodheti to clear a jungle); Dhs.1059 (“jungle” = taṇhā); Pv.ii.6#5 (arañña˚-gocara); Vism.424 (Nandana˚ etc.); Dhp-a.iv.53 (taṇhā˚ the jungle of lust). Characterized as amba˚; mango grove DN.ii.126 and passim; ambāṭaka˚; plum grove Vin.ii.17; udumbara of figs Dhp-a.i.284; tapo˚; forest of ascetics Thag-a.136; Dhp-a.iv.53; nāga˚; elephant forest MN.i.175; brahā wild forest AN.i.152; AN.iii.44; Vv.63#3; Ja.v.215; mahā˚; great forest Thig.373 (rahitaṃ & bhiṃsanakaṃ)
■ vanataraṃ (with compar. suffix) thicker jungle, denser forest Mil.269 (vanato vanataraṃ pavisāma)
■ On similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 133. Cp. vi˚.

• -anta the border of the forest, the forest itself Snp.708 Snp.709; Pv.ii.3#10 (= vana C.).
• -kammika one who works in the woods Ja.iv.210 (˚purisa); Ja.v.427, Ja.v.429.
• -gahana jungle thicket Vism.647 (in simile).
• -gumba a dense cluster of trees Vv.81#7 (cp. Vv-a.315).
• -caraka a forester Snp-a.51 (in simile).
• -cetya a shrine in the wood Ja.v.255
• -timira forest darkness; in metaphor
• -matt-akkhin at Ja.iv.285 = Ja.v.284,

neuter & masculine a wound, sore Vin.i.205 (m.), Vin.i.218 (vaṇo rūḷho); Vin.iii.36 (m; angajāte), Vin.iii.117 (angajāte) SN.iv.177 (vaṇaṃ ālimpeti); AN.v.347 sq., AN.v.350 sq.; AN.v.359 Cnd.540; Pp-a 212 (purāṇa-vaṇa-sadisa-citto); Dhp-a.ii.165 (˚ṃ bandhati to bandage); Vv-a.77; Pv-a.80 Sdhp.395. On vaṇa in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 132.

• -ālepana putting ointment on a sore Snp-a.58 (in sim.)
• -coḷaka a rag for dressing a wound Vism.342; Vb-a.361
• -paṭikamma restoration or healing of a wound Dhp-a.ii.164.
• -paṭicchādana dressing of a wound Dhp-a.i.375
• -paṭṭa id., bandage Snp-a.100.
• -bandhana id. Vin.i.205
• -mukha the opening of a sore AN.iv.386 (nava ˚āni) Vv-a.77 (id.).

cp. Vedic vraṇa; Serbian rana; Obulg. var̄e, both “wound”

neuter sewing, stuffing (of a couch) DN-a.i.86; Dhp-a.i.234 (mañca˚).

fr. vā²: see vāyati¹