Cedaka
Chedaka (adjective) [from cheda] cutting; in aṇḍa° one who castrates Ja IV 366.
chedaka , m. (only pl. in list of misc. artisans), perh. [Page236-b] cutter (of wood ? quite uncertain): Mv iii.113.17 nāpitā ( v.l. nāvikā) kalpikā chedakā ( v.l. chedakārakā) lepakā sthapati-; Senart by em. also in iii.443.4 (nāpitā, v.l. nāvikā) kalpikā ( mss. °akā) che° (but mss. chādakā) lepakā sthapati-. On adv. kavaḍa-chedakam , see s.v.
(masc, masc) cutter, breaker Construction: √chid > ched + *aka