--- In cybalist@..., "S.Kalyanaraman" <kalyan97@...> wrote:> How is
as'vatara explained?> m. (Pa1n2. 5-3 , 91) a mule AV. iv , 4 , 8
S3Br. &c. ; (compar. of %> {azva}) a better horse Pat. ; a male calf.
L. ; one of the chiefs of > the Na1gas MBh. Hariv. &c. ; N. of a
Gandharva L. ; (%{A}) f. a > better mare Pat. ; (%{I4}) f. a she-mule
AV. viii , 8 , 22 MBh. &c.>
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> Is there another name attested for a mule in Vedic or Sanskrit?
khacar, khocor = mule; phepr.a = mule-like (Santali)
Sanskrit:
khara f. (Pa1n2. 3-2 , 30 Siddh.) a she-ass Katha1s. lxiii ; `" a she-
mule "' see %{kharI-vAtsalya} ; N. of one of the mothers in Skanda's
retinue MBh. ix , 2624.
vegasara
m. (cf. %{vesara}) a mule L. ; (%{I}) f. a female mule Katha1s.
vesara
m. (cf. %{vega-sara} ; also written %{vezara}) a mule VarBr2S.
S3is3. ; (%{I}) f. a female mule DivyA7v. ; n. (used to explain %
{vAsara}) Nir. iv , 7 ; 11.
ruNDa
mfn. maimed , mutilated ; m. a headless body Uttarar. Katha1s. (L.
also n.) ; the offspring of a mule and a mare L.
Tamil
ve_cari = mule, ass (Old Tamil)
attiri = camel; horse; 3. ass; 4. mule