eraka 1 · eraka 2
Eraka 1 (adjective) [from ereti] driving away, moving Ja IV 20 (°vāta); °vattika a certain kind of torture M I 87 = A I 47 = II 122 = Nidd II §604 = Miln 197. Eraka 2 (neuter) [from ereti] Typha-grass Ja IV 88. As eragu (?) a kind of grass used for making coverlets Vin I 196; Sv 356.
eraka , m. ( Divy .) or nt. ( Mvy .), (= Pali eraka, see PTSD , or eragu, see below), a kind of grass, prob. = Skt. erakā, used in making coverlets, or a coverlet made of it; in a list of four such materials, Mvy 9180 erakam (= Tib. mal stan , bed-cover , var. bal stan , woolen cover ; Chin. mattress ); 9181 merakam (= śiṅ śun gyi stan , coverlet of tree-bark ; Chin. mattress of leaves , or of bark ); 9182 syandarakaḥ ( Mironov v.l. syandu°; = Tib. srin bal gyi stan , coverlet of cotton or silk , and so Chin. ); 9183 mandurakam (= Tib. ras bal gyi stan , coverlet of cotton cloth ); same passage Divy 19.22 evaṃrūpam āstaraṇaṃ pratyāstaraṇaṃ, tad yathā, erako merako jandurako mandurakaḥ; and in Pali , Vin. i.196.6 eragu moragu majjhāru ( v.l. [Page156-b] majjāru) jantu; see the other words; eraka occurs also Mv i.19.10 , where prob. read eraka (°kā?) vārṣikā as separate words, grass-coverlets for the rainy season , see s.v. vārṣikā .
eraka m. N. of a Nāga , MBh. i, 2154
【陽】 香蒲（香蒲屬 (Typha) 的一種植物，尤指一種高的沼生植物 〔Typha latifolia 寬葉香蒲〕，葉長而扁平，用於編蒲包和椅墊）。~dussa,【中】 以席草或纖維製成的衣服。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Eraka</c> </b> <br>A verse admonishing this monk is found in the Theragāthā. <c c="#3b6bd3">Thag.93</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc) typha grass; cattail kind of grass used for making spreads
(masc, masc) name of an arahant monk