Kuñjara (m.) [Deriv. unknown. The sound is not unlike an elephant's trumpeting & need not be Aryan, which has hasti. The Sk. of the epics & fables uses both h˚ and k˚] an elephant Vin ii.195; M i.229, 375; S i.157; Dh 322, 324, 327; J v.336; Vv 51; Pv i.113; DhA iv.4; ThA 252; Miln 245. -- deva˚ chief of the gods, Ep. of Sakka Vv 477; J v.158.

 -- vara a state elephant VvA 181. -- sālā an elephant's stable DhA iv.203.