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दाठ (dATha)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
-dāṭha, ifc. Bhvr. for *dāṭhā (= Pali id., Skt. daṃṣṭrā
cf. next), (large) tooth
in several anuvyañjana, buddhā vaṭṭitadāṭhā (m. n. pl.) ca, tīkṣṇadāṭhā ca, abhagnadāṭhā ca, achinnadāthā ca, aviṣamadāṭhā ca Mv 〔ii.44.5—6〕. The mss. vary, usually reading °dāṭā or °dantā
both these occur in the corresponding Pali
but in the other BHS lists (see s.v. anuvyañjana) the form is °daṃṣṭra.