Vetta
Vetta,(nt.) [cp.Epic Sk.vetra] twig,rod; creeper; junglerope (cp.veṇu-daṇḍa); cane (calamus).By itself only in standard list of punishments (tortures):vettehi tāḷeti to flog with canes,e.g.A.I,47; II,122; Miln.196.Otherwise freq.in cpds.:
--agga cane-top,sprout of bamboo (cp.kaḷīra) Vism.255 (where KhA in id.p.reads °aṅkura); VbhA.60,239,252.--aṅkura a shoot of bamboo KhA 52,67.--āsana cane chair VvA.8.--cāra (vettācāra) “stick-wandering” (?) J.III,541 (+saṅkupatha; C.:vettehi sañcaritabba); Vv 8411 (vettācāraṁ saṅkupathañ ca maggaṁ,expld as vettalatā bandhitvā ācaritabba magga VvA.338); better as “jungle-path.” --patha “a jungle full of sticks” (trsln Rh.D.) Miln.280 (+saṅkupatha),jungle-path.--bandhana binding with twigs (rope?),creeper-bands S.III,155; V,51=A.IV,127.--latā cane creeper J.I,342; VvA.8,338.--valli garland of creeper Dāvs III,40.(Page 647)