shred rag, worn-out cloth, usually explained by jiṇṇapilotika (Ja.iii.22) or khaṇḍabhūtā pilotikā (Pv-a.185) or pilotika only (Vv-a.311)
■ SN.v.342; AN.iii.187; AN.iv.376 (˚vāsin as variant reading; text has nantikavāsin); Vv.80#7 (anantaka) Pv.iii.2#14; Ja.iii.22 (˚vāsin clad in rags).

a contamination of namataka (Kern,

Toevoegselen

p. 169), maybe Sk. naktaka “cover for nakedness (Trenckner, Notes 81¹), unless it be non-Aryan