worm, maggot MN.iii.168; Snp.672; Ja.iii.177; Ja.vi.73; Mil.331, Mil.357 Vism.179 (= kimi) Dhp-a.iii.106, Dhp-a.iii.411. See next.

etym.? dial; cp. Class. Sk. pulaka erection of the hairs of the body, also given by lexicographers (Hemachandra 1202) in meaning “vermin”