prARaka
prāṇaka , m. (= Pali pāṇaka; cf. prec. ), ( 1 ) allegedly = prāṇa 1, living being in general: ko nu so bhavam upetya prāṇako, yo na mṛtyuvaśam āgamiṣyati Mv i.67.5 ( vs ), so Senart , but mss. (besides sā for so) prāṇanta, unmetr. , for the em. prāṇako; highly questionable; ( 2 ) = prāṇa 2, animal : LV 197.1 ( vs ), see s.v. śubha 3, white ; tatra ( sc. in the kuṇapa hell) kṛṣṇehi prāṇakehi ayomukhehi khajjanti Mv i.7.2 , there they are devoured by black beasts with iron jaws ; kṛṣṇa-prāṇakā i.11.7 , by em. ; prāṇaka i.16.14 ; 24.16 , etc. , common; ii.95.10 and 99.17 , see prāṇa 2; Mvy 4827 = Tib. srog chags , living being , but in a list of animals; °ka-jātaḥ Mvy 4908 , (various) sort(s) of animals ; (kākair) vā khādyamānāni kurarair vā … anyair vā nānāvidhaiḥ prāṇaka-jātaiḥ Śikṣ 211.5 (also °jāti, Mv ii.95.10, 99.17 , above, and see under 3 below); prāṇaku saumya tadā ca yadāsīt RP 26.10 ( vs ), a gracious animal (? Finot , p. viii , takes Saumya as n. pr. ; the story referred to is not identified); Mv ii.417.6 (perhaps to 3); ( 3 ) more specifically, = prāṇa 3, insect : Mv i.270.13 ; of an insect called lohitaka , q.v. , Mv ii.137.4 ; 138.19 ; °ka-jātayaḥ ( n. pl. ) Mmk 37.15 , (any) kinds of insects (on a designated spot of ground); °kā(ḥ) Kv 47.1 , referring to worms and the like; of insects found in water, saprāṇakam etat pānīyam Karmav 160.13 ; niṣprāṇakenodakena (or niḥ°) Mmk 37.6 (text corrupt); 56.8 ; 58.18 , etc. , with water free from insects ; MSV ii.31.6 ff.