aṭavī

  1. forest, woods Ja.i.306; Ja.ii.117; Ja.iii.220; Dhp-a.i.13; Pv-a.277.
  2. inhabitant of the forest, man of the woods, wild tribe Ja.vi.55 (= aṭavicorā C.).
  • -rakkhika guardian of the forest Ja.ii.335.
  • -saṅkhepa at AN.i.178 = AN.iii.66 is prob. faulty reading for variant reading ˚sankopa “inroad of savage tribes”.

Sk. aṭavī: Non-Aryan, prob. Dravidian