Veyyāvacca (nt.) [corresponds to (although doubtful in what relation) Sk. *vaiyā -- pṛtya, abstr. fr. vyāpṛta active, busy (to pṛ, pṛṇoti)=P. vyāvaṭa; it was later retranslated into BSk. as vaiyāvṛtya (as if vi+ā+vṛt); e. g. Divy 54, 347; MVastu i.298] service, attention, rendering a service; work, labour, commission, duty Vin i.23; A iii.41; J i.12 (kāya˚); vi.154; SnA 466; VvA 94; ThA 253. -- ˚kamma doing service, work J iii.422; -- ˚kara servant, agent, (f.) housekeeper J iii.327; VvA 349; ˚ -- kārikā (f.) id. PvA 65. -- Cp. vyappatha.