Mayūra [Vedic mayūra] a peacock D iii.201; S ii.279; Th 1, 1113; J ii.144, 150 (˚gīva)=DhA i.144; J iv.211 (˚nacca); v.304; vi.172, 272, 483; Vv 111, 358(=sikhaṇḍin VvA 163); VvA 27 (˚gīva -- vaṇṇa); Sdhp 92. <-> The form mayūra occurs nearly always in the Gāthās and is the older form of the two m. and mora. The latter contracted form is found in Prose only and is often used to explain the old form, e, g. at VvA 57. See also mora.