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Entry 6362, Page 233, Col. 2 -
(cElaka, cElaka)
cailaka, (1)¦ m. (from Skt. cela or caila, cloth), a monk (cf. Burnouf, Intr., 57; Lotus, 392; Kern, SBE 21.186 note 1), said to mean, specifically, one who wears no more than a (loin-)cloth: te cailaka-bhūta SP 192.9 (vs), turned into monks; but most mss. read celaka, ceḍaka, or cellaka, or the like; (2) nt. (= Skt. cela, caila, also celaka, see Schmidt, Nachträge; AMg. celaa), cloth: °kaṃ, acc. sg., Mv iii.163.9 (prose).