Vyappatha (neuter) [perhaps a distortion of *vyāpr̥ta, for which the usual Pāli (derination) veyyāvacca (q.v.) in meaning "duty"] 1. duty, occupation, activity Snp 158 (khīṇa° of the Arahant: having no more duties, cf. vyappathi). 2. way of speaking, speech, utterance Snp 163, 164 (contrasted to citta and kamma; cf. kāya, vācā, mano in same use), explained at Pj II 206 by vacīkamma; and in definition of "speech" at Vin IV 2 (see under byappatha); As 324 (explained as vākya-bheda).