caYcu
cañcu , nt. , in Divy 131.21, 22, 24 , and same passage MSV i.250.9 ff. , said to mean lit. box ( cf. cañca ), and to be applied to a type of famine : trividhaṃ durbhikṣaṃ bhaviṣyati, cañcu śvetāsthi śalākāvṛtti ( Divy mss. °ttiṃ; MSV ms. śilakā°) ca. tatra cañcu ucyate samudgake, tasmin manuṣyā vījāni prakṣipyānāgate ( MSV °ta-)sattvāpekṣayā sthāpayanti mṛtānām ( MSV asmākam) anena te vījakāyaṃ ( MSV anena bījena manuṣyāḥ kāryaṃ) kariṣyantīti. idaṃ samudgakaṃ baddhvā cañcu ucyate.