kalandaka

  1. a squirrel Mil.368.
  2. an (ornamental) cloth or mat, spread as a seat Ja.vi.224; -nivāpa Name of a locality in Veḷuvana, near Rājagaha, where oblations had been made to squirrels DN.ii.116; Vin.i.137; Vin.ii.105 Vin.ii.290, etc.