Vāta [Vedic vāta, of vā; cp. Sk. vāti & vāyati to blow, vāyu wind; Lat. ventus, Goth. winds=wind; Ohg. wājan to blow, Oir. feth air; Gr. a)/hmi to blow,a)h/ths wind, Lith. áudra storm etc.] wind. There exists a common distinction of winds into 2 groups: "internal" and "external" winds, or the ajjhattikā vāyo -- dhātu (wind category), and the bāhirā. They are discussed at Vbh 84, quoted at MA 30, 31, and expld in detail at VbhA 70 sq.; Vism 350. The bāhirāalso at Nd2 562, and in poetical form at S iv.218. -- The internal winds (see below 2) comprise the foll.: uddhangamā vātā, adhogamā, kucchisayā, koṭṭhāsasayā, angam -- ang'<-> ânusārino, satthakā, khurakā, uppalakā, assāso, passāso, i. e. all kinds of winds (air) or drawing pains (rheumatic?) in the body, from hiccup, stitch and stomach -- ache up to breathing. Their complement are the external winds (see below 1), viz. puratthimā vātā, pacchimā, uttarā, dakkhiṇā (from the 4 quarters of the sky), sarajā arajā, sītā uṇhā, parittā adhimattā, kāḷā, verambha˚, pakkha˚, supaṇṇa˚, tālavanta˚, vidhūpana. ˚ These are characterized according to direction, dust, temperature, force, height & other causes (like fanning etc.). -- 1. wind (of the air) S iv.218 (vātā ākāse vāyanti); Sn 71, 348, 591 (vāto tūlaŋ va dhaŋsaye), 622, 1074; J i.72; Pug 32; Vism 31. adhimatta v. S iv.56; mahā˚ S ii.88; A i.136, 205; ii.199; iv.312;veramba˚ (winds blowing in high regions: upari ākāse S ii.231) A i.137; Th 1, 598; J vi.326. -- 2. "winds" of the body, i. e. pains caused by (bad) circulation, sometimes simply (uncontrolled) movements in the body, sometimes rheumatic pains, or sharp & dragging pains in var. parts of the body Nett. 74. Also applied to certain humours, supposed to be caused by derangements of the "winds" of the body (cp. Gr. qumo/s; or E. slang "get the wind up"), whereas normal "winds" condition normal health: Pv ii.61 (tassa vātā balīyanti: bad winds become strong, i. e. he is losing his senses, cp. PvA 94: ummāda -- vātā). -- anga˚ pain in the limbs (or joints), rheumatism Vin i.205; udara˚ belly ache J i.393, 433; DhA iv.129; kammaja˚ birth -- pains Vism 500; kucchi˚pains in the abdomen (stomach) VbhA 5; piṭṭhi˚ pains in the back ibid. -- 3. (fig.) atmosphere, condition, state; or as pp. (of vāyati) scented (with), full of, pervaded (by), at Vin i.39 (vijana˚ pervaded by loneliness, having an atmosphere of loneliness; Kern. Toev. s. v. vāta wrongly "troop, crowd." The same passage occurs at D iii.38, where Rh. D., Dial. iii.35, trsls "where the breezes from the pastures blow"; with expln vijana= vṛjana [see vajati], hardly justified. In same connection at A iv.88); Miln 19 (isi˚ -- parivāta scented with an atmosphere of Sages; Rh. D. differently: "bringing down the breezes from the heights where the Sages dwell"; forced). -- On vāta in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 135.

 -- ātapa (Dvandva) wind and heat. In this phrase Bdhgh. takes vāta as wind (above 1) at Vism 31 (saraja & araja v.), but as (bodily) pain (above 2) at VbhA 5. See D iii.353; S ii.88; iii.54; v.379; A i.204; ii.117, 143, 199; iii.394 sq., 404; v.15, 127; Sn 52; J i.93; Miln 259, 314, 416; DhA iii.112. -- ābādha"wind disease," internal pains (not rheumatism) Vin i.205;Miln 134; Vism 41. -- āyana air hole, window Mhvs 5, 37; Dāva v.57. -- āhata struck by the wind Vism 63; DhA iii.328. -- erita moved by the wind (of trees) S v.123; A iii.232; VvA 175. -- kkhandha "wind bulk," mass of wind, region of the wind J vi.326. -- ghāta ("wind -- struck") the tree Cassia (or Cathartocarpus) fistula, a syn. of uddāla(ka) J iv.298; VvA 197; also as ˚ka at J v.199, 407; VvA 43. -- java swiftness of the wind J vi.274. -- dhuta shaken by the wind, swaying in the w. Vv 385, cp. VvA 174. -- passa the wind side DhA ii.17. -- pāna lattice, window Vin i.209; ii.148, 211; A i.101, 137;iv.231; J ii.325; v.214; vi.349 (read vātapān˚ for dvārapān˚); KhA 54; DhA i.211, 370; VvA 67; PvA 4, 216, 279. -- bhakkha living on air DhA ii.57. -- maṇḍala a whirlwind, gust of wind, storm, tornado [cp. BSk. vāyu -- maṇḍala at AvŚ i.256 with note] J i.72; SnA 224. -- maṇḍalikā id. Vin ii.113; iv.345; J iv.430. -- yoga direction of the wind J ii.11. -- roga "wind disease," upset of the body, disturbance of the intestines, colic SnA 69; VvA 185. -- vassā(pl.) wind and rain PvA 55. -- vuṭṭhi id. SnA 34. -- vega force of the wind Sn 1074; PvA 47. -- sakuṇa a certain kind of bird ("wind -- bird") Nd1 87, where KhA 118 reads bhāsa˚.