squirrel
Kalandaka 1. a squirrel Miln 368;2. an (ornamental) cloth or mat, spread as a seat Ja VI 224; -nivāpa name of a locality in Veḷuvana, near Rājagaha, where oblations had been made to squirrels D II 116; Vin I 137; II 105, 290, etc.
kalandaka (or °ntaka? karanta? variants in mss. also karañjaka, kalaṇḍaka; = Pali kaḷandaka, Jāt. vi.224.6 mudukābhisiyā mudu-citta-kaḷandake, comm. sukhasaṃphassacittattharake), spread, cover for a seat: Mv i.306.9 ( vs ) kāśikapratyāstaraṇaṃ (? em. ; mss. °tyottaraṇaṃ) suvicitra-kalandakaṃ (so 1 ms. , the other °ṇḍakaṃ; Senart em. wrongly) maṇivicitraṃ; ii.38.3 ( vs ) read essentially with mss. : atha kanaka-m-aṣṭapādā suvicitrakalandakā (or, with mss. , °ntakā-ḥ?) maṇivicitrā (? mss. °tro or °tra); ii.470.8 , for Senart ʼs em. kilaṃjakā (pi kriyanti) mss. seem to intend karaṃjakā; context fits our word as to mg. ; note, however, that in the next line (9) mss. have karantā ( Senart em. karaṇḍā) pi kriyanti, which might be meant for kalanta(ka), or be another form of the word here concerned.
kalandaka m. a squirrel (or a kind of bird ?), Buddh.
【陽】 松鼠。~nivāpa,【陽】 喂松鼠的地方。
(masc, masc) squirrel squirrel Construction: kalanda + ka