Vedalla (neuter) [may be dialectical, obscure as to origin; Buddhaghosa refers it to Veda 1] — Name of one of the 9 aṅgas (see nava) or divisions of the canon according to matter A II 7, 103, 178; III 88, 107, 361 f.; IV 113; Vin III 8; Pp 43; As 26; Sv I 24; Pv-a 22. The As comprises under this aṅga the 2 suttas so-called in M. (43, 44), the Sammādiṭṭhi, Sakkapañha, Saṅkhārābhājaniya, Mahāpuṇṇama etc. Suttas, as catechetical As 26 = Sv I 24. Note: The 2nd part of the word looks like a distortion from ariya (cf. mahalla > mahariya). Or might it be = vedaṅga?
<b> <c c="#a00149">Vedalla</c> </b> <br>The last of the nine aṅgas or portions of the Dhamma classified according to literary form. <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.i.133</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">Vin.iii.8</c> It probably included analytical texts.<br> <br> </deftext>
(nt, nt, ptp of vidāleti) questions-and-answers; catechism; one of the nine kinds of suttas [lit.] to be split apart Construction: vi > ve + √dal + *ya