Kulīra a crab, in kulīra -- pādaka "a crab -- footer," i. e. a (sort of) bedstead Vin ii.149; iv.40 (kulira), cp. Bdhgh on latter passage at Vin iv.357 (kuḷira˚ and kuḷiya˚): a bedstead with curved or carved legs; esp. when carved to represent animal's feet (Vin. Texts iii.164).