Vaḍḍhaki (& ˚ī) [cp. Epic & Class. Sk. vardhaki & vardha- kin; perhaps from vardh to cut: see vaddheti] a carpenter, builder, architect, mason. On their craft and guilds see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 181 sq.; Mrs. Rh. D. Cambridge Hist. Ind. i.206. -- The word is specially characteristic of the Jātakas and other popular (later) literature J i.32, 201, 247; ii.170; vi.332 sq., 432; Ap. 51; DhA i.269; iv.207; Vism 94; PvA 141; Mhbv 154. -- iṭṭha˚ a stonemason Mhvs 35, 102; nagara˚ the city architect Miln 331, 345; brāhmaṇa˚ a brahmin carpenter J iv.207; mahā˚ chief carpenter, master builder Vism 463. In metaphor taṇhāthe artificer lust DhA iii.128.   -- gāma a carpenter village J ii.18, 405; iv.159.