Velāmika (adjective) [velāma + ika, the word velāma probably a district word] "belonging to Velāma," at D II 198 used as a clan-name (feminine Velāmikānī), with vv.ll. Vessinī and Vessāyinī (cf. Velāma proper name combined with Vessantara at Vibh-a 414), and at D II 333 classed with khujjā, vāmanikā and komārikā (translation "maidens"; Buddhaghosa: "very young and childish": see D.B. II 359); v.l. celāvikā. They are some sort of servants, especially in demand for a noble's retinue. See also proper name Velāma (the V.-sutta at Ja I 228 f. ).