Vadhaka [fr. vadh] slaying, killing; murderous; a murderer S iii.112 (in simile); iv.173 (id.); A iv.92 (id.); Th 2, 347; D iii.72 (˚citta); KhA 27; VvA 72 (˚cetanā murderous intention); Vism 230, 231 (in sim.); Sdhp 58. <-> f. vadhikā J v.425 (pl. ˚āyo).