biliSa
biliśa (so once in Skt. for regular baḍiśa, Suparṇ. , pw 4.226 ; and note Pkt. biḍisa, Sheth ; Pali only baḷisa, bal°), fishhook ; some form or cpd. of this word is to be read in Mv iii.259.2 , for mss. bilaśa ( v.l. billaśa)-tānikāyetsuḥ, and 260.16 ( vs ), same reading, except that both mss. read billa° here; evidently a verb is concealed in the end; Senart reads pāṭensuḥ, and before it bilaśatāni, which is impossible. It is possible that bilaśa- (with one ms. ) is the true reading, tho it is not recorded anywhere. The phrase follows, both times, that containing kahāpaṇa-māṃsikaṃ (or kārṣāpaṇa° ), q.v. , while in Pali lists of tortures kahāpaṇakaṃ regularly follows balisamaṃsikaṃ. It is certain that we must understand some torture by means of fishhooks ; should we read biliśa-tāṃ, fishhook-condition , i.e. being torn with fishhooks? The preceding words are much like those quoted as occurring before kahāpaṇa-māṃsikaṃ .