eraka (4125)

eraka
Entry 4125, Page 156, Col. 1

(eraka, eraka)
eraka¦, m. (Divy.) or nt. (Mvy.), (= Pali eraka, see PTSD, or eragu, see below), a kind of grass, prob. = Skt. erakā, used in making coverlets, or a coverlet made of it; in a list of four such materials, Mvy 9180 erakam (= Tib. mal stan, bed-cover, var. bal stan, woolen cover; Chin. mattress); 9181 merakam (= śiṅ śun gyi stan, coverlet of tree-bark; Chin. mattress of leaves, or of bark); 9182 syan- darakaḥ (Mironov v.l. syandu°; = Tib. srin bal gyi stan, coverlet of cotton or silk, and so Chin.); 9183 mandurakam (= Tib. ras bal gyi stan, coverlet of cotton cloth); same passage Divy 19.22 evaṃrūpam āstaraṇaṃ pratyāstara- ṇaṃ, tad yathā, erako merako jandurako mandurakaḥ; and in Pali, Vin. i.196.6 eragu moragu majjhāru (v.l. [Page156-b+ 71] majjāru) jantu; see the other words; eraka occurs also Mv i.19.10, where prob. read eraka (°kā?) vārṣikā as separate words, grass-coverlets for the rainy season, see s.v. vārṣikā.