bird-snare (BR.: “jedes zum Fangen von Wild & Vögeln dienende Gerät”), a decoy bird Thag.139. Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. “vogelstrik.”

fr. vi + tan, according to BR. The word is found in late Sk. (lexicogr.) as vītaṃsa. BR compare Sk avataṃsa (garland: see P. vaṭaṃsa) & uttaṃsa. The etym. is not clear