masculine
mule
Assatara [Vedic aśvatara, aśva + comparative suffix tara in function of "a kind of", thus literally a kind of horse, cf. Latin matertera a kind of mother. i.e. aunt] — a mule Dhp 322 = Dhp-a I 213; Dhp-a IV 4 (= vaḷavāya gadrabhena jāta); Ja IV 464 (kambojake assatare sudante; imported from Cambodia); VI 342. — feminine assatarī a she-mule Vin II 188; S I 154; II 241; A II 73; Miln 166. — assatarī-ratha a chariot drawn by she-mules Vv 20 3 , 20 8 (Text assatarī ratā) = 43 8 ; Pv I 11 1 (= assatariyutta ratha Pv-a 56); Ja VI 355.
a mule
<b> <c c="#a00149">Assatara</c> </b> <br>A tribe of Nāgas present at the preaching of the Mahāsamaya Sutta. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.259</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc, comp) mule mule Construction: assa + tara