Vāta
Vāta,[Vedic vāta,of vā; cp.Sk.vāti & vāyati to blow,vāyu wind; Lat.ventus,Goth.winds=wind; Ohg.wājan to blow,Oir.feth air; Gr.a]/hmi to blow,a]ήths wind,Lith.áudra storm etc.] wind.There exists a common distinction of winds into 2 groups:“internal” and “external” winds,or the ajjhattikā vāyo-dhātu (wind category),and the bāhirā.They are discussed at Vbh.84,quoted at MA 30,31,and expld in detail at VbhA.70 sq.; Vism.350.The bāhirā also at Nd2 562,and in poetical form at S.IV,218.-- The internal winds (see below 2) comprise the foll.:uddhaṅgamā vātā,adhogamā,kucchisayā,koṭṭhāsasayā,aṅgam-aṅg’‹-› ânusārino,satthakā,khurakā,uppalakā,assāso,passāso,i.e.all kinds of winds (air) or drawing pains (rheumatic?) in the body,from hiccup,stitch and stomach-ache up to breathing.Their complement are the external winds (see below 1),viz.puratthimā vātā,pacchimā,uttarā,dakkhiṇā (from the 4 quarters of the sky),sarajā arajā,sītā uṇhā,parittā adhimattā,kāḷā,verambha°,pakkha°,supaṇṇa°,tālavanta°,vidhūpana.° These are characterized according to direction,dust,temperature,force,height & other causes (like fanning etc.).-- 1.wind (of the air) S.IV,218 (vātā ākāse vāyanti); Sn.71,348,591 (vāto tūlaṁ va dhaṁsaye),622,1074; J.I,72; Pug.32; Vism.31.adhimatta v.S.IV,56; mahā° S.II,88; A.I,136,205; II,199; IV,312; veramba° (winds blowing in high regions:upari ākāse S.II,231) A.I,137; Th.1,598; J.VI,326.--2.“winds” of the body,i.e.pains caused by (bad) circulation,sometimes simply (uncontrolled) movements in the body,sometimes rheumatic pains,or sharp & dragging pains in var.parts of the body Nett.74.Also applied to certain humours,supposed to be caused by derangements of the “winds” of the body (cp.Gr.qumόs; or E.slang “get the wind up”),whereas normal “winds” condition normal health:Pv.II,61 (tassa vātā balīyanti:bad winds become strong,i.e.he is losing his senses,cp.PvA.94:ummāda-vātā).-- aṅga° pain in the limbs (or joints),rheumatism Vin.I,205; udara° belly ache J.I,393,433; DhA.IV,129; kammaja° birth-pains Vism.500; kucchi° pains in the abdomen (stomach) VbhA.5; piṭṭhi° pains in the back ibid.-- 3.(fig.) atmosphere,condition,state; or as pp.(of vāyati) scented (with),full of,pervaded (by),at Vin.I,39 (vijana° pervaded by loneliness,having an atmosphere of loneliness; Kern.Toev.s.v.vāta wrongly “troop,crowd.” The same passage occurs at D.III,38,where Rh.D.Dial.III,35,trsls “where the breezes from the pastures blow”; with expln vijana= vṛjana [see vajati],hardly justified.In same connection at A.IV,88); Miln.19 (isi°-parivāta scented with an atmosphere of Sages; Rh.D.differently:“bringing down the breezes from the heights where the Sages dwell”; forced).-- On vāta in similes see J.P.T.S.1907,135.
--ātapa (Dvandva) wind and heat.In this phrase Bdhgh.takes vāta as wind (above 1) at Vism.31 (saraja & araja v.),but as (bodily) pain (above 2) at VbhA.5.See D.III,353; S.II,88; III,54; V,379; A.I,204; II,117,143,199; III,394 sq.404; V,15,127; Sn.52; J.I,93; Miln.259,314,416; DhA.III,112.--ābādha “wind disease,” internal pains (not rheumatism) Vin.I,205; Miln.134; Vism.41.--āyana air hole,window Mhvs 5,37; Dāva V,57.--āhata struck by the wind Vism.63; DhA.III,328.--erita moved by the wind (of trees) S.V,123; A.III,232; VvA.175.--kkhandha “wind bulk,” mass of wind,region of the wind J.VI,326.--ghāta (“wind-struck”) the tree Cassia (or Cathartocarpus) fistula,a syn.of uddāla(ka) J.IV,298; VvA.197; also as °ka at J.V,199,407; VvA.43.--java swiftness of the wind J.VI,274.--dhuta shaken by the wind,swaying in the w.Vv 385,cp.VvA.174.--passa the wind side DhA.II,17.--pāna lattice,window Vin.I,209; II,148,211; A.I,101,137; IV,231; J.II,325; V,214; VI,349 (read vātapān° for dvārapān°); KhA 54; DhA.I,211,370; VvA.67; PvA.4,216,279.--bhakkha living on air DhA.II,57.--maṇḍala a whirlwind,gust of wind,storm,tornado [cp.BSk.vāyu-maṇḍala at AvŚ I.256 with note] J.I,72; SnA 224.--maṇḍalikā id.Vin.II,113; IV,345; J.IV,430.--yoga direction of the wind J.II,11.--roga “wind disease,” upset of the body,disturbance of the intestines,colic SnA 69; VvA.185.--vassā (pl.) wind and rain PvA.55.--vuṭṭhi id.SnA 34.--vega force of the wind Sn.1074; PvA.47.--sakuṇa a certain kind of bird (“wind-bird”) Nd1 87,where KhA 118 reads bhāsa°.(Page 607)