vetālika (14440)

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vetālika
Entry 14440, Page 508, Col. 1
(vetAlika, vetAlika)
? vetālika¦, m., perh. to be read (mss. corrupt) for text vaitālika, tālika, Mv iii.113.2; 442.8, in lists of entertainers; mg.? Skt. vait°, panegyrist, acc. to Monier Williams also conjurer. Cf. the obscure Pali vetāla, °lika.