Vātaka (adj.) ( -- ˚) [fr. vāta 2] belonging to or connected with the winds (of the body) in ahi -- vātaka -- roga a cert. (intestinal) disease (lit. "snake -- pain"), pestilence, plague; dysentery (caused by a famine and attacking men and beasts alike) DhA i.169, 187, 231; iii.437.