Vatthu2 [Vedic vāstu; fr. vas] site, ground, field, plot Vin iii.50 (ārāma˚ & vihāra˚), 90 (id.); Sn 209, 473 (sakhetta˚, cp. vatthu1 4), 769 (khetta+), 858 (id.); Th 1, 957 (khetta+vatthu, cp. Brethren p. 3371 & Vin. Texts iii.389 sq.); Miln 279 (khetta˚ a plot of arable land); DA i.78 (contrasted with khetta, see khetta 1 and cp. vatthu1 1); PvA 88 (gehassa the back yard of the house); haunted by fairies (parigaṇhanti) D ii.87.

 -- kamma "act concerning sites," i. e. preparing the ground for building D i.12 (trsln: fixing on lucky sites for dwellings), cp. DA i.98: akaṭa -- vatthumhi gehapatiṭṭhāpanaŋ. -- devatā the gods protecting the grounds, field -- gods, house -- gods Pv i.41 (=ghara -- vatthuŋ adhivatthā devatā PvA 17). -- parikiraṇa offerings over the site of a house ("consecrating sites" trsln) D i.12 (cp. DA i.98=balikamma -- karaṇaŋ). -- vijjā the science of (building -- ) sites, the art of determining a suitable (i. e. lucky) site for a house D i.9 (see expln at DA i.93); S iii.239; Nd1 372; Vism 269 (in comparison); KhA 237. See alsoDial ii.92 & Fick, Sociale Gliederung 152.