peacock DN.iii.201; SN.ii.279; Thag.1113; Ja.ii.144, Ja.ii.150 (˚gīva) = Dhp-a.i.144; Ja.iv.211 (˚nacca); Ja.v.304; Ja.vi.172, Ja.vi.272, Ja.vi.483; Vv.11#1, Vv.35#8 (= sikhaṇḍin Vv-a.163); Vv-a.27 (˚gīva-vaṇṇa); Sdhp.92. The form mayūra occurs nearly always in the Gāthās and is the older form of the two m. and mora. The latter contracted form is found in Prose only and is often used to explain the old form, e, g. at Vv-a.57. See also mora.

Vedic mayūra