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vaṭṭanā ( valī , i.e. °nā-āvalī; = Pali °ḷi), (string of) bead(s) ; so to be read for Senart ʼs em. vaṭṭanaveṇī Mv ii.125.16 ; 127.4 ; 128.9 ; 129.12 ; and ( em. veṣṭanaveṇī) 231.17 . The mss. are all corrupt but clearly point to (ā)valī, in accordance with Pali , rather than veṇī in which Senart follows the LV parallels, see vartanā(-veṇī) ; the mg. is the same and is explained under the latter word.
Vaṭṭanā (feminine) [from vr̥t] in °valī is a line or chain of balls ("rounds," i.e. rings or spindles). Reading somewhat doubtful. It occurs at M I 80, 81 (seyyathā v. evaṃ me piṭṭhi-kaṇṭako unnatāvanato hoti; Neumann M.S. "wie eine Kugelkette würde mein Rückgrat mit den hervor- und zurücktretenden Wirbeln") and at Ja V 69 (spelt "vaṭṭhanā-vali-saṅkāsā piṭṭhi te ninnat'unnatā," with commentary explanation "piṭṭhika-ṭṭhāne āvuṇitvā ṭhāpitā vaṭṭhanā-vali-sadisā"). The Ja translation by Dutoit gives "einer Reihe von Spinnwirteln dein Rücken gleicht im Auf und Nieder"; the English translation has "Thy back like spindles in a row, a long unequal curve doth show."