spider (see on similes J.P.T.S. 1907, 119) Dhp.347 (cp. Dhp-a.iv.58); Ja.ii.147 (= uṇṇanābhi); Ja.iv.484 (aptly called Uṇṇanābhi); Ja.v.47, Ja.v.469; Mil.364, Mil.407 (pantha˚ road spider, at both passages). -sutta spider’s thread Vism.285.

cp. Sk. markaṭaka; der. fr. markaṭa = makkaṭa