Viruta (nt.) [vi+ruta] noise, sound (of animals), cry Sn 927; expld as "virudaŋ [spelling with d, like ruda for ruta] vuccati -- miga -- cakkaŋ; miga -- cakka -- pāthakā [i. e. experts in the ways of animals; knowers of auspices] migacakkaŋ ādisanti" at Nd1 382; and as "mig' ādīnaŋ vassitaŋ" at SnA 564. The passage is a little doubtful, when we compare the expression viruṭañ ca gabbhakaraṇaŋ at Sn 927 with the passage viruddha -- gabbhakaraṇaŋ at D i.11 (cp. DA i.96), which seems more original.