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तिरिच्छ (tiriccha)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
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tiriccha m. (= AMg. id., oblique, slanting, and °cchiya, animal
the penultimate i by ‘saṃprasāraṇa’ from tirya(k), cf. 〔§ 3.115〕
see next, and s.v. tiraccha), animal (sub-human): naraka-tiriccha-pretāsureṣu kāyeṣu Mv 〔i.31.12〕 (cf. tiraccha, line 8 above)
similarly 〔32.17〕
eṣo hi mārgo narake tiricche 〔ii.324.10〕
narakān tiricchāṃ 〔344.17〕
nāyaṃ (na te) tiriccho (°cchā) vayaṃ tiricchā Mv 〔i.365.8—9〕
〔ii.236.11—12〕, said in recognition of greater virtue shown by an animal than by human beings.