roof; only in cpd. -ratha a large covered van (cp. yogga¹) MN.i.175 (sabba-setena vaḷabhī-rathena Sāvatthiyā niyyāti divā divaṃ); MN.ii.208 (id.), but *vaḷavābhi-*rathena); Ja.vi.266 (vaḷabhiyo = bhaṇḍa-sakaṭiyo C.). The expression reminds of vaḷavā-ratha.

cp. late (dial.) Sk. vaḍabhī