Suvāṇa & suvāna

a dog MN.iii.91 (= supāṇa MN.i.58); Ja.vi.247 (the 2 dogs of hell: Sabala & Sāma); Vism.259 (= supāṇa Kp-a.58). As suvā˚; at Sdhp.379, Sdhp.408
■ See also the var. forms san, suṇa, suna, sunakha, supāṇa, soṇa.

• -doṇi a dog’s (feeding) trough Vism.344, Vism.358; Vb-a.62.
• -piṇḍa a dog biscuit Vism.344.
• -vamathu dog’s vomit Vism.344 (= suvā-vanta Sdhp.379).

cp. Sk. śvan, also śvāna (f. śvānī): fr. Vedic acc. śuvānaṃ, of śvan. For etym. cp. Gr. κύων, Av. spā, Lat. canis, Oir. cū, Goth. hunds