Vaṅka
					
					Vaṅka,(adj.-n.) [cp.Vedic vaṅka & vakra bending; also Ved.vaṅku moving,fluttering,walking slant; vañcati to waver,walk crooked.Cp.Lat.con-vexus “convex,” Ags.wōh “wrong,” Goth.wāhs; Ohg.wanga cheek,and others.-- The Dhtp 5 gives “koṭilya” as meaning of vaṅk.Another Pāli form is vakka (q.v.).The Prk.forms are both vakka & vaṅka:Pischel,Prk.Gr.§ 74],I.(adj.).-- 1.crooked,bent,curved M.I,31 (+jimha); S.IV,118 (read v-daṇḍā); Vin.II,116 (suttā vaṅkā honti); J.I,9 (of kāja); IV,362 (°daṇḍa),PvA.51.With ref.to a kind of vīṇā at VvA.281.-- 2.(fig.) crooked,deceitful,dishonest J.III,313 (of crows:kākānaṁ nāmaṁ C.); VI,524; Pv IV.134 (a°); Sn.270 (probably to be read dhaṅka as SnA 303,=kāka).-- 3.doubtful,deceitful,deceptive,i.e.haunted Vv 843,cp.VvA.334.-- II.(m.) -- 1.a bend,nook,curve (of ponds) J.II,189; VI,333 (sahassa°).-- 2.a hook J.V,269.-- 3.a fishhook D.II,266; Th.1,749; J.VI,437.-- On vaṅka in similes see J.P.T.S.1907,131.
  --aṅgula a crooked finger A.III,6.--âtivaṅkin having curves upon curves (in its horns),with very crooked antlers J.I,160 (said of a deer).--gata running in bends or crooked (of a river) J.I,289.--ghasta (a fish) having swallowed the hook D.II,266; J.VI,113.--chidda a crooked hole DA.I,112.--dāṭha having a bent fang (of a boar) J.II,405.(Page 591)