m. (also written vaṭu) a boy, lad, stripling, youth (esp. a young Bra1hman Brahman, but also contemptuously applied to adult persons) MBh.; Ka1v. &c 719,2 142378 m. N. of a class of priests Cat. 719,2 142379 m. a form of S3iva śiva (so called from being represented by boys in the rites of the S3a1ktas SAkta s) ib. 719,2 142380 m. Calosanthes Indica L. 090552 719,2 142381