… ■ yācaka at Snp.618 (as Fick, Soc.Gliederung 144 quotes yācaka) is to be read yājaka.

fr….

adjective one who asks too much Vin.iii.147.

ati + yācaka

adjective noun

1. poor, miserable, wretched; a beggar; freq explained by varāka, duggata, dīna and daḷidda; very often classed with low-caste people, as caṇḍālā Pv.iii.1#13 & pesakārā (Ud.4). Snp.81 …

wayfarer, beggar, pauper Snp.100 (ṇ); Ja.iv.403, Ja.iv.406 (n); Ja.v.172 (= bhojaputta C.; n), Ja.vi.232 (n); DN-a.i.298 (ṇ); Pv-a.78 (n), Pv-a.112 (n); Vv-a.5 (n). Often combined with similar ter …

1. a brahmanic sacrifice.
2. alms-giving charity, a gift to the Sangha or a bhikkhu.

The brahmanic ritual of Vedic times has been given a changed and deeper meaning. Buddhism has discarded the outwa …

…janā Snp-a.324), Snp.618 (of a purohita; variant reading BB yācaka).

fr. yaj in its Caus. form yājeti

adjective noun one who begs or prays, petitioner Mil.129.

fr. ā + yāc