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acelakā

acelaka

masc nom pl of acelaka (noun); masc instr sg of acelaka (noun); masc abl sg of acelaka (noun); masc voc sg of acelaka (noun); …

  1. naked ascetic; lit. unclothed

Etymology. na > a + √cil > cel + *a + ka; from √cil 'clothe'; Sanskrit acelaka (bsk) [cil]

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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