Vagga1 [Vedic varga, fr. vṛj; cp. Lat. volgus & vulgus (=E. vulgar) crowd, people] 1. a company, section, group, party Vin i.58 (du˚, ti˚), 195 (dasa˚ a chapter of 10 bhikkhus). -- 2. a section or chapter of a canonical book DhA i.158 (eka -- vagga -- dvi -- vagga -- mattam pi); DhsA 27.

 -- uposatha celebration (of the uposatha) in groups, "incomplete congregation" (trsln Oldenberg) Dpvs 7, 36. More likely to vagga2! -- gata following a (sectarian) party (Bdhgh identifies this with the 62 diṭṭhigatikā SnA 365) S i.187; Sn 371. -- bandha, in instr. ˚ena group by group Mhvs 32, 11. -- bandhana banded together, forming groups DhA iv.93, 94. -- vagga in crowds, confused, heaped up J vi.224; PvA 54. -- vādaka taking somebody's part Vin iii.175. -- sārin conforming to a (heretic) party Sn 371, 800, 912; Nd1 108, 329.