Vanatha [vana+tha; same in BSk. e. g. MVastu i.204] underwood, brushwood, thicket. Does not occur in lit. meaning, except in exegesis of Dh 283 at DhAiii.424; q. v. under vana1. Another defn is given at SnA 24: "taṇhā pariyuṭṭhāna -- vasena vanaŋ tanotī ti vanatho, taṇh' ānusayass' etaŋ adhivacanaŋ." -- The fig. meaning is "lust, desire," see e. g. S i.186; Th 1, 338; Dh 344; Sn 16 (˚ja); Dhs 1059 (as epithet of taṇhā); J ii.205 (vanathaŋ na kayirā); Nett 81, 82. -- nibbanatha free from desire S i.180; DhsA 364.