Kūṭa
Kūṭa,4 (adj.) [Sk.kūṭa,not horned; *(s)qer to cut,mutilate,curtail,cp.Lat.caro,curtus; also Sk kṛdhu maimed.The expln of kuṭ as “chede,” or “chedane” (cutting) at Dhtp 90,555; Dhtm 115,526,781 may refer to this kūṭa.See also kuṭṭa] without horns,i.e.harmless,of goṇa a draught bullock Vin.IV,5=J.I,192 (in play of words with kūṭa deceitful J.trsl.misses the point & translates “rascal”).These maimed oxen (cows & calves) are represented as practically useless & sluggish in similes at Vism.268,269:kūṭa-goṇa- (so read for °poṇa)--yutta-ratha a cart to which such a bullock is harnessed (uppathaṁ dhāvati runs the wrong way); kūṭa-dhenuyā khīraṁ pivitvā kūṭa-vaccho,etc.,such a calf lies still at the post.-- Kūṭa-danta as Np.should prob.belong here,thus meaning “ox-tooth” (derisively) (D.I,127; Vism.208),with which may be compared danta-kūṭa (see under danta).(Page 225)