vatsa
Vatsa ( cf. Vaṃśa 2); ( 1 ) a pupil of the ascetic Kāśyapa, thus fellow-pupil of Śarabhaṅga: Mv iii.363.3 ff. In the Pali story (see DPPN ), Kisavaccha, or Vaccha Kisa, is a pupil of Sarabhaṅga, and his adventure with King Daṇḍaki is somewhat differently told. In Mv iii.364.16 called Vatsa-gotro, cf. Pali Vacchagotta, and in 17 described as vātehi ābādhehi kṛśo ( cf. the Pali Kisa-vaccha?). ( 2 ) n. of a nāga king: Māy 247.16 .