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pearl Vv.37#7 (˚ācita); Pv.ii.7#5 (+ veḷuriya); Mhvs.30, Mhvs.66. Eight sorts of pearls are enumerated at Mvu. 11, 14, viz. haya-gaja-rath’ āmalakā valay’anguli-veṭhakā kakudha-phala-pākatikā, i.e horse-, elephant-, waggon-, myrobalan-, bracelet-, ring-kakudha fruit-, and common pearls.

  • -āhāra a string or necklace of pearls Ja.i.383; Ja.vi.489; Dhp-a.i.85; Snp-a.78 (simile); Vism.312.
  • -jāla a string (net) of pearls Ja.iv.120; Mhvs.27, Mhvs.31; Vv-a.198.
  • -dāma garland or wreath of p. Mhvs.30, Mhvs.67 (so T. for variant reading ˚maya).
  • -vali string of pearls Vv-a.169.
  • -sikkā string of pearls Vv-a.244.

cp. Sk. muktā