neuter
Daka (neuter) [= udaka, aphæretic from combinations like sītodaka which was taken for sīto + daka instead of sīt'odaka] Vin III 112; S III 85; A II 33 = Nidd II §420 B 3 (the latter has udaka, but Nidd I 14 daka). -āsaya (adjective) (beings) living in water A II 33; -ja (adjective) sprung from water, aquatic Ja I 18 (thalajā d. pupphā); -rakkhasa a water-sprite Ja I 127, 170; VI 469.
daka ( nt. ; = Pali id. , for Skt. udaka; rare in Skt. except dakodara, dropsy , Suśr. , but see Schmidt, Nachträge ), water : khaṇḍaghaṭakaṃ dakasya ( v.l. uda°) Mv ii.429.17 (prose); daka-rākṣasa, water-ogre , = udaka° , q.v. , Mv iii.11.19 ( v.l. ud°); 29.14, 15 ; Divy 105.3 ff. ; daka-candra, moon in water , = udaka-c° , q.v. , māyāmarīcī-dakacandrakalpā Suv 250.2 ( vs ; read so, or with v.l. °marīcy-ūd°, m.c. ; Nobel unmetr. ); marīci-dakacandra-samāḥ RP 51.16 ( vs ); dakacandra also ŚsP 542.12 (prose) and Śikṣ 204.15 ( vs , cited from LV which reads udacandra , q.v. ); in Divy 231.1 (prose) read, uparimaṃ dakaskandham ādāya (see s.v. skandha 1); other cpds. , [Page260-2b] Mv ii.152.13 ; 171.5 (these are prose); Gv 27.21 ( vs , could be m.c. ).
daka n. = ud° , water, Phetk. xvii
water
【中】 水。~rakkhasa,【陽】 水鬼，水怪。
(nt, nt, abbrev of udaka) water water Construction: √ud > d + aka