aśvaka (2346)

aśvaka
Entry 2346, Page 81, Col. 1

<k1>aSvaka<k2>aSvaka aśvaka¦, m., (1) (= Pali assaka) toy-horse: °kāḥ Jm 63.10; (2) n. of one of the Ṣaḍvārgika (q.v.) monks, Mvy 9475; = Pali Assaji, one of the chabbaggiya monks; with Punarvasuka disciplined for immoral conduct, MSV iii.15.21 ff.; cf. Aśvaki(n) = Aśvajit as one of the bhadravargīya monks; Aśvaka was later incarnate as a nāga, MSV i.xviii.5.