vItaMsa
vītaṃsa ( m. ; Pali id. ; Skt. see below), falcon : sa hatas tv itaraṃ hanti °seneva pakṣiṇaḥ Ud xiv.2 , he however, himself destroyed, destroys others, as birds (are killed) by a falcon ; so, acc. to Chakravarti , Tib. ( khra ) and Chin. ; same word in same vs in Pali Therag. 139 , rendered PTSD and Mrs. Rhys Davids decoy-bird , which is less plausible; in Skt. only Lex. and once in Harṣac. ( pw ), said to mean bird-net, snare , or any implement used in catching birds , which here is impossible.
Vītaṃsa [from vi + tan, according to BR. The word is found in late Sanskrit (lexicographical) as vītaṃsa. BR compare Sanskrit avaṭaṃsa (garland: see {576} Pāli vaṭaṃsa) and uttaṃsa. The etymology is not clear] a bird-snare (BR.: "jedes zum Fangen von Wild & Vögeln dienende Gerṷt"), a decoy bird Thag 139. Kern, Toev. sub voce "vogelstrik."
(masc, masc) bird trap; bird cage; (bsk) falcon; (comm) decoy bird