Peliyakṣa (9787)

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Peliyakṣa
Entry 9787, Page 354, Col. 2
(peliyakza, peliyakza)
Peliyakṣa¦ (= Pali Piliyakkha), n. of a king of Be- nares, in the Śyāmaka Jātaka: Mv ii.212.15 ff. In 226.1 (vs) Senart reads Peliyaśo; the mss. are clearly corrupt; perh. read Pĕlīyakho, or Pil° (cf. Pali), an adaptation m.c. of a MIndic form of the name.