Vattha
					
					Vattha,1 (nt.) [Vedic vastra,fr.vas,vaste to clothe; Idg.*ǔes,enlargement of *eu (:Lat.ex-uo); cp.Lat.vestis “vest(-ment),” Gr.e(/nnumi to clothe,ei(μa dress; Goth.wasjan to clothe; wasti dress) 1.cloth; clothing,garment,raiment; also collectively:clothes; M.I,36 sq.; A.I,132,209,286; II,85,241; III,27 (odātaṁ),50 (kāsikaṁ),386 (kāsāyaṁ); IV,60,186,210; V,61 sq.(ubhatobhāga-vimaṭṭhaṁ=M.II,13,reading vimaddha; with the expression cp.ubhato-bhāga-vimutta); Sn.295,304; KhA 237 (°ṁ pariyodāyati,simile); PvA.43,50,70; Sdhp.217.--alla° fresh,clean clothes DhA.IV,220; ahata° new clothes J.I,50; Dāvs II.39; dibba° heavenly,i.e.exquisite dresses PvA.23,46,53.-- pl.vatthāni garments,clothes Sn.64,287,924; Pug.57 (kāsāyāni); DhA.I,219 (their uses,from a new dress down to a bit of rag).-- 2.hangings,tapestry J.IV,304.-- On vattha in similes see J.P.T.S.1907,132.
  --guyha “that which is concealed by a cloth,” i.e.the pudendum D.I,106; Sn.1022; DA.I,275 (=aṅgajātaṁ; Bhagavato ti vāraṇass’eva kosohitaṁ vatthaguyhaṁ suvaṇṇavaṇṇaṁ paduma-gabbha-samānaṁ).--yuga a pair of garments J.IV,172; Dāvs.I,34.--lakkhaṇa fortune telling from clothes SnA 362.--sannidhi storing up of clothes D.I,6; Nd1 372; DA.I,82.--sutta the Suttanta on clothes (i.e.with the parable of the clothes:vatth’upama-sutta) M.I,36 sq.quoted at Vism.377 and SnA 119.(Page 598)