the Indian quail, Perdix chinensis DN.i.91; MN.i.449 (l. sakuṇikā); Ja.iii.44 Ja.iii.174 sq. (quoted at Snp-a.358 & Dhp-a.i.55); Dhp-a.v.121; Mil.202; DN-a.i.257
■ Cp. Cunningham, Bharhut Tope, p. 58.

Dimin. fr. laṭvāka; dial.