vyālaka (14712)
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Entry 14712, Page 518, Col. 2 -
(vyAlaka, vyAlaka)
[vyālaka¦, in Jm 165.17 acc. to Speyer elephant; Speyer was misled by Skt. Lex. id., rogue-elephant, which really means rogue, not primarily elephant. It could only mean either savage beast of some sort, or serpent, and in the Jm clearly the latter: khe toraṇa-vyālaka-vad babhāse, shone like a serpent on a toraṇa up in the air.]