uddekanika
, m. [sa. *udrekaṇika ?], (water)scoop, ladle; mā . . . ācariyo hutvā antevāsī-vāsaṁ
vasi; seyyathā pi (udaka-)maniko hutvā ~o assa
(simile: teacher = big storage jar out of which pupils
"scoop" water of knowledge), M II 39,24 (Ps III 275,
27: ~o [Ee w. r. uddekanikato] ti udaka-vārako).