m, 1 A fellow-student, one going through the same stu- dies and observing the same auste- rities.

2 A fellow-sufferer, sympa- thiser; duḥkhasabrahmacāriṇī taralikā kva gatā K.; he vyasanasabrahmacārin yadi na guhyaṃ tataḥ śrotumicchāmi Mu. 6.

3 (Hence) An equal, of the same kind; Vb. 1. 39.