kaṇṭhaka (4362)
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Entry 4362, Page 165, Col. 2 -
(kaRWaka, kaRWaka)
kaṇṭhaka¦, m. (1) as in Pali, alternative spelling for kaṇṭaka, thorn: SP 420.4; Mv i.91.16; Divy 350.8 °kān uddharati; see also next, and pṛṣṭhi-kaṇṭhaka; (2) n. of the Bodhisattva's horse (here as in Pali also Kanthaka, but rarely): Kaṇṭh° Mv i.154.6 ff.; ii.114.14; 159.13 ff.; 189.2 ff.; iii.120.4; 262.5; dies mourning for the B.'s departure, ii.190.9, and is reborn as a god of the same name, 11; LV 94.14; 95.11; 217.11; 221.8; 225.8 ff.; 228.17 ff.; spelling Kanthaka noted only Mvy 4772.