Vedalla (nt.) [may be dialectical, obscure as to origin; Bdhgh refers it to Veda 1] Name of one of the 9 angas (see nava) or divisions of the Canon according to matter A ii.7, 103, 178; iii.88, 107, 361 sq.; iv.113; Vin iii.8; Pug 43; DhsA 26; DA i.24; PvA 22. The DhsA comprises under this anga the 2 suttas so -- called in M. (43, 44), the Sammādiṭṭhi, Sakkapañha, Sankhārābhājaniya, Mahāpuṇṇama etc. Suttas, as catechetical DhsA 26=DA i.24. -- Note. The 2nd part of the word looks like a distortion fr. ariya (cp. mahalla>mah' ariya). Or might it be=vedanga?