Vāyo (nt.) [for vāyu, in analogy to āpo & tejo, with which frequently enumerated] wind D iii.268 (˚kasiṇa); M i.1, 424=A iv.375; A v.7, 318, 353 sq. (˚saññā); S iii.207; Vism 172 (˚kasiṇa), 350 (def.). On vāyo as t. t. for mobility, mobile principle (one of the 4 elements) see Cpd. 3, 270; Dhs trsln § 962.

 -- dhātu the wind element, wind as one of the four great elements, wind as a general principle (consisting of var. kinds: see enumd under vāta) Vbh 84; Vism 363; Nett 74; VbhA 55; VvA 15; DA i.194.