vadhūkā (13256)

vadhūkā
Entry 13256, Page 469, Col. 2

(vaDUkA, vaDUkA)
vadhūkā¦ (= vadhukā, q.v.), young woman, esp. young wife, young matron: sarvā etā °ūkā navā dahrās… LV 100.12 (volunteer nurses for the infant Bodhisattva); nava-vadhūkā LV 157.12, a young wife; a young matroṇ or woman, Divy 632.1; 651.15; daughter-in-law (as in Mv ii.445.12 vadhukā) Mv ii.446.20 (mss.). All prose.