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खादुकता (khAdukatA)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
? khāduka-tā (cf. Skt. Lex. khāduka, bissig, boshaft), seemingly snappiness, inclination to bite, bad temper (of a [Page205-a] horse): Gv 〔464.1—2〕 ājāneyāśvasamacittena sarva-khādukatā-(1st ed. °khad°
corr. 2d ed.)-vivarjanatayā
〔494.17〕 ājāneyāśvabhūtaṃ sarva-khādukatā-vigatatayā. But despite the single Skt. Lex. citation, khād- means eat, not bite
it is not a synonym of daś-. Our word contrasts with ājāneya, like khaṭu(ṅ)ka, khaḍuṅka, and I believe it is only a rationalizing replacement of some form of that word, q.v. The reading khadukatā, once in 1st ed., may preserve the original short a of the first syllable.