yakana

the liver Kp iii. MN.i.57, MN.i.421; DN.ii.293; AN.v.109; Mil.26; Vism.257 Vism.356; Vb-a.60, Vb-a.240. The old n-stem is to be seen in cpd yaka-peḷa (q.v.). Yaka-pela

fr. gen. yaknaḥ or sec. stem yakan-of Vedic yakṛt; cp. Av. yākars; Gr. ἡπαρ, Lat. jecur. In formation cp. P. chakana fr. Ved. śakṛt.