son of a widow; in two diff. passages of the Jātaka, both times characterized as sukka-cchavī vedhaverā “sons of widows, with white skins,” and at both places misunderstood (or unintelligibly explained) by the Cy., viz. Ja.iv.184 (+ thulla-bāhū; C.: vidhavā apatikā tehi vidhavā sarantī ti [ti]vidha-verā ca vedhaverā); Ja.vi.508 (C. vidhav’ itthakā; variant reading vidhav-ittikāmā purisā).

for *Sk. vaidhaveya, fr. vidhavā