Vavakassati [v + ava + kr̥ṣ, would correspond to Sanskrit vyavakr̥ṣyate, passive] to be drawn away, to be distracted or alienated (from); so is to be read at all passages, where it is either combined with avakassati or stands by itself. The readings are: Vin II 204 (apakāsanti avapakāsanti) = A V 74 (avakassanti vavakassanti); A III 145 (bhikkhu nālaṃ saṅghamhā'vapakāsituṃ: read vavakāsituṃ or °kassituṃ), 393 (vapakassat'eva Satthārā, vapakassati garuṭṭhāniyehi). See also apakāsati, avakassati, avapakāsati. — past participle vavakaṭṭha.