vetulya

Vetulla & vetulya

a certain dissenting sect (see Mvu. translation 259, n. 2) in -vāda heretic doctrine Mhvs.36, Mhvs.41; Dpvs.22, 45; -vādin an adherent of this doctrine.

cp. *Sk. vaitulya; also called vaipulya, fr. vipula. The P. form is not clear; it probably rests on dial. translation of a later term