1. a monkey Ja.i.385; Ja.ii.267; Dhp-a.ii.22; Vb-a.408 (˚niddā, a m.’s sleep, said to be quickly changing); Kp-a.73 (in simile); Snp-a.522 (cp. Snp.791). Names of monkeys famous in Jātaka tales: Sālaka Ja.ii.268; Kālabāhu Ja.iii.98 sq.; on the monkey as a figure in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 119, to which add Vb-a.228 & Vb-a.259 (tālavana˚), cp. Vism.245
2. a spider: see ˚*sutta*.

• -chāpaka the young of a monkey MN.i.385; Ja.i.218
• -sutta spider’s thread Ja.v.47; Vism.136 (in simile) Dhp-a.i.304.

cp. Epic Sk. markaṭa