Nantaka (nt.) [a contamination of namataka (Kern, Toev. p. 169), maybe Sk. naktaka "cover for nakedness" (Trenckner, Notes 811), unless it be non -- Aryan] a shred, rag, worn -- out cloth, usually expld by jiṇṇapilotika (J iii.22) or khaṇḍabhūtā pilotikā (PvA 185) or pilotika only (VvA 311). -- S v.342; Aiii.187; iv.376 (˚vāsin as v. l.; text has nantikavāsin); Vv 807 (anantaka); Pv iii.214; J iii.22 (˚vāsin clad in rags).