Vaihāya (14607)

Vaihāya
Entry 14607, Page 513, Col. 2

(vEhAya, vEhAya)
Vaihāya¦, acc. to all mss, Mv i.70.16 (parvatasya vaihāya-varasya, vs), kept by Senart, = Skt. Vaibhāra (or Vaihāra, once Mbh.), n. of a mountain outside Rājagṛha. In Pali and AMg. the only form recorded is Vebhāra. See Senart's note ad loc.; he assumes Prakritic y for r, but Geiger 46.3, Pischel 255 make the interchange of y and r seem doubtful. Could this form be influenced by vaihāyasa, etc. (by popular etymology)?