වා

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• vā (Latin script)
• 𑀯𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• वा (Devanagari script)
• ৰা (Bengali script)
• ဝါ or ဝႃ (Burmese script)
• วา (Thai script)
• ᩅᩤ (Tai Tham script)
• ວາ (Lao script)
• វា (Khmer script)
• 𑅇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Conjunction

වා (vā)

1. Sinhala script form of vā (“or”)
   • 2006, The Fourth Book in the Suttanta-Pitaka: Majjhimanikāya (I)‎^[1], page 336:

     තස‍්ස එවමස‍්ස: “අයං ඛො මහා උදකණ‍්ණවො ඔරිමං තීරං සාසඞ‍්කං සප‍්පටිභයං. පාරිමං තීරං ඛෙමං අප‍්පටිභයං. නත්‍ථි ච නාවා සන‍්තාරණී උත‍්තරසෙතු වා අපාරාපාරං ගමනාය.

     Tassa evamassa: "ayaṃ kho mahā udakaṇṇavo orimaṃ tīraṃ sāsaṅkaṃ sappaṭibhayaṃ. Pārimaṃ tīraṃ khemaṃ appaṭibhayaṃ. Natthi ca nāvā santāraṇī uttarasetu vā apārāpāraṃ gamanāya.

     Therefore things are thus: So, there's this large deluge, a dubious and perilous near shore, a safe far shore free of peril; and there is neither a ferry boat or a bridge to go from the near shore to the far shore.