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vaccha

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Vaccha1 [Vedic vatsa, lit. "one year old, a yearling"; cp. Gr. e)/tos year, Sk. vatsara id., Lat vetus old, vitulus calf; Goth. wiprus a year old lamb=Ohg. widar=E. wether] a calf Dh 284; J v.101; Vism 163 (in simile), 269 (id.; kūṭa˚ a maimed calf); DhsA 62 (with popular etym. "vadatī ti vaccho"); VvA 100, 200 (taruṇa˚). <-> On vaccha in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 131.

 -- giddhinī longing for her calf S iv.181. -- gopālaka a cow -- herd Vism 28. -- danta "calf -- tooth," a kind of arrow or javelin M i.429; J vi.448. -- pālaka cow -- herd Vv 512.

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