tiricCa
tiriccha m. (= AMg. id. , oblique, slanting , and °cchiya, animal ; the penultimate i by ‘saṃprasāraṇa’ from tirya(k) , cf. § 3.115 ; see next, and s.v. tiraccha ), animal (sub-human): naraka-tiriccha-pretāsureṣu kāyeṣu Mv i.31.12 ( cf. tiraccha , line 8 above); similarly 32.17 ; eṣo hi mārgo narake tiricche ii.324.10 ; narakān tiricchāṃ 344.17 ; nāyaṃ (na te) tiriccho (°cchā) … vayaṃ tiricchā Mv i.365.8—9 ; ii.236.11—12 , said in recognition of greater virtue shown by an animal than by human beings.