tiracchāna

== Pali == === Alternative scripts === === Etymology === Inherited from Sanskrit तिरश्च (tiraśćá, “crosswise, horizontal”), in reference to animals' walking on all fours rather than erect and upright. Cognate with Prakrit 𑀢𑀺𑀭𑀺𑀘𑁆𑀙 (tiriccha). === Noun === tiracchāna m animal, beast ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tiracchānayoni (“realm of the horizontal beings, animal realm”) ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: တိရစ္ဆာန် (ti.rachcan) → Khmer: តិរច្ឆាន (teracchaan) → Mon: တိရစ္ဆာန် → Thai: เดียรฉาน (diia-rá-chǎan) → Sinhalese: තිරිසන් (tirisan) === References === Maung Tin (1920), The Student's Pali-English Dictionary, Rangoon: British Burma Press. Pali Text Society (1921–1925), “tiracchāna”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead, page 303 Childers, Robert Caesar, Dictionary of the Päli language, London: Trübner & Company, 1875, page 508. A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera (1958), Concise Pāli-English Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, page 137 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tiraścá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 331