vaṅkaka 1 · vaṅkaka 2
Vaṅkaka (neuter) [from vaṅka] a sort of toy: Rh.D. "toy plough" ( D.B. I 10); Kern "miniature fish-hook" ( Toev. sub voce ). Rh.D. derives it from Sanskrit vr̥ka (see Pāli vaka 1 ). Buddhaghosa at Sv I 86 takes it as "toy-plough." See D I 6; Vin II 10 (v.l. vaṅgaka and vaṅkata); III 180 (v.l. caṅgaka); A V 203 (Text vaṅka; v.l. vaṅkaka); Miln 229. At Thig-a 15 vaṅkaka is used in general meaning of "something crooked" (to explain Thig 11 khujja), which is specified at Thag 43 as sickle, plough and spade.
(nt, nt, dimin of vaṅka) (comm) toy plough [lit.] small crooked Construction: √vañc > vaṅk + a + ka vaṅka + ka
(masc, masc, dimin of vaṅka) previous name of Vepulla mountain [lit.] small crooked Construction: √vañc > vaṅk + a + ka vaṅka + ka