KAdukatA
? khāduka-tā ( cf. Skt. Lex. khāduka, bissig, boshaft ), seemingly snappiness, inclination to bite, bad temper (of a [Page205-a] horse): Gv 464.1—2 ājāneyāśvasamacittena sarva-khādukatā-( 1st ed. °khad°; corr. 2d ed. )-vivarjanatayā; 494.17 ājāneyāśvabhūtaṃ sarva-khādukatā-vigatatayā. But despite the single Skt. Lex. citation, khād- means eat , not bite ; it is not a synonym of daś-. Our word contrasts with ājāneya , like khaṭu(ṅ)ka, khaḍuṅka , and I believe it is only a rationalizing replacement of some form of that word, q.v. The reading khadukatā, once in 1st ed. , may preserve the original short a of the first syllable.