daka

Vin.iii.112; SN.iii.85; AN.ii.33 = Cnd.420 B3 (: the latter has udaka, but Mnd.14 daka).

  • -āsaya (adj.) (beings) living in water AN.ii.33≈;
  • -ja (adj.) sprung from water, aquatic Ja.i.18 (thalajā d pupphā);
  • -rakkhasa a water-sprite Ja.i.127, Ja.i.170 Ja.vi.469.

= udaka, aphaeretic from combinations like sītodaka which was taken for sīto + daka instead of sīt odaka