voRwa
? voṇṭa , m. (noted Skt. Lex. , and Hem. Pkt. Gr. i.139 , as = Skt. vṛnta, but no mg. of that word seems to fit here; rather prob. related to vṛndi , q.v. ), prob. insect-shell : Mvy 5995 , among śaṅkhādi-nāmāni; after kapardikā, before abhraka, khaṭikā; Tib. srin lkog , or sriṅ khog , neither of which is comprehensible to me; prob. read srin ( insect ) khog ( body , or trunk ; -can , applied to a tortoise); Chin. shell of an insect (such as a cricket); the Mongolian Mvy takes Tib. to mean body, trunk, of insects (or more generally, including amphibious animals and fish).