masculine
hunter
a hunter
Luddaka = ludda 2, i.e. hunter Vin I 220; Ja IV 416; Pv III 7 2 (miga°; explained as "dāruṇa" Pv-a 206); Miln 222; Vibh-a 266 (miga°, in simile); Pv-a 34, 168. Cf. Fick, Soziale Gliederung 143, 207. Note: The expression sunakha-luddako at As 273 is not quite clear ("doghunter"?°). It applies to a female and Maung Tin ( Expositor II 361) reads "luddhikā" (sic), with translation "dog-mistress," remarking that Pyī Sadaw reads luddako "hunter-dog" (?).
(masc, masc, from ludda) hunter; huntsman hunter Construction: ludda + ka