Vetta (nt.) [cp. Epic Sk. vetra] twig, rod; creeper; jungle- rope (cp. veṇu -- daṇḍa); cane (calamus). By itself only in standard list of punishments (tortures): vettehi tāḷeti to flog with canes, e. g. A i.47; ii.122; Miln 196. Otherwise freq. in cpds.:   -- agga cane -- top, sprout of bamboo (cp. kaḷīra) Vism 255 (where KhA in id. p. reads ˚ankura); VbhA 60, 239, 252. -- ankura a shoot of bamboo KhA 52, 67. -- āsana cane chair VvA 8. -- cāra (vettācāra) "stick -- wandering" (?) J iii.541 (+sankupatha; C.: vettehi sañcaritabba); Vv 8411 (vettācāraŋ sankupathañ ca maggaŋ, expld as vettalatā bandhitvā ācaritabba magga VvA 338); better as "jungle -- path." -- patha "a jungle full of sticks" (trsln Rh. D.) Miln 280 (+sankupatha), jungle -- path. -- bandhana binding with twigs (rope?), creeper -- bands S iii.155; v.51=A iv.127. -- latā cane creeper J i.342; VvA 8, 338. -- valli garland of creeper Dāvs iii.40.