hare, rabbit Dhp.342; Ja.iv.85; of the hare in the moon Ja.iv.84 sq. sasôlūkā (= sasā ca ulūkā ca) Ja.vi.564.

• -lakkhaṇa the sign of a hare Ja.i.172; Ja.iii.55.
• -lañjana id. Vv-a.314 (˚vant = sasin, the moon).
• -visāṇa a hare’s horn (an impossibility) Ja.iii.477.

Vedic śaśa, with Ohg. haso = E. hare to Lat. canus grey, greyish-brown; cp. Ags. hasu