Vavatthapeti & ˚ṭṭhāpeti [Caus. of vi+ava+sthā] to determine, fix, settle, define, designate, point out J iv.17 (disaŋ ˚tthapetvā getting his bearings); Vbh 193 sq.; Vism 182; SnA 67; KhA 11, 42, 89; VvA 220. -- ppr. Pass. vavatthāpiyamāna DhA i.21, 35. -- pp. vavatthita & vavatthāpita.