neuter
dirty or ragged cloth; a rag
Nantaka (neuter) [a contamination of namataka (Kern, Toev. page 169), maybe Sanskrit naktaka "cover for nakedness" (Trenckner, "Notes" 81 1 ), unless it be non-Aryan] a shred, rag, worn-out cloth, usually explained by jiṇṇapilotika (Ja III 22) or khaṇḍabhūtā pilotikā (Pv-a 185) or pilotika only (Vv-a 311). — S V 342; A III 187; IV 376 (°vāsin as v.l.; text has nantikavāsin); Vv 80 7 (anantaka); Pv III 2 14 ; Ja III 22 (°vāsin clad in rags).
(nt, nt) rag; strip of cloth; (comm) frayed old cloth