aṭṭa-kulika
, m., a judge (perhaps a member ofa council of judges, *aṭṭakula?), so only Mp Ce 712,29
(°-senāpati-uparājūhi parikkhitaṁ = Se III 187,5
reading attha-kusaia-°; = paramparābhatesu aṭṭhasu
kulesu jātā agatigamanaviratā aṭtha mahallaka-purisā,
Sv-pṭ ad Sv II 152,1 = Mp-ṭ); Sv II 152,1 (acoro
ce vi(s)sajjenti, coro ce aṭṭhakulikānaṁ [so Ce Se]
denti, te pi . . . senāpatissa, etc., quoted by D'At/wis,
Introd. p. 99; cf. note (§) ib. 100 & Lassen, Ind.
Altertumsk. 1II,8l, who suggests a sa. form *aṣṭa-
kulaka). Explanation of this term remains rather un-
certain.