khāduka-tā (5500)

khāduka-tā
Entry 5500, Page 204, Col. 2

(KAdukatA, KAduka-tA)
? khāduka-tā¦ (cf. Skt. Lex. khāduka, bissig, boshaft), seemingly snappiness, inclination to bite, bad temper (of a [Page205-a+ 71] horse): Gv 464.1--2 ājāneyāśvasamacittena sarva-khādu- katā-(1st ed. °khad°; corr. 2d ed.)-vivarjanatayā; 494.17 ājāneyāśvabhūtaṃ sarva-khādukatā-vigatatayā. But de- spite the single Skt. Lex. citation, khād- means eat, not bite; it is not a synonym of daś-. Our word contrasts with ājāneya, like khaṭu(ṅ)ka, khaḍuṅka, and I believe it is only a rationalizing replacement of some form of that word, q.v. The reading khadukatā, once in 1st ed., may preserve the original short a of the first syllable.

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