Alasaka.-The name of a disease, of which Korakhattiya died (D.iii.7). Rhys Davids translates it as "epilepsy" and suggests that its name is a negative of lasikā, the synovial fluid. Dial.iii.12, n.2.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from

a-lasaka m. tympanitis, flatulence (intumescence of the abdomen', with constipation and wind), Car Suśr

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William