般茶迦

(Note: The middle character is erroneous; it should be 荼. Same with the next entry.) (sa) paṇḍaka. The general name for eunuchs. The five classes with various degrees of sexual impotence:

(1) 扇搋 (sa) ṣaṇḍha ((sa) ṣaṇḍha paṇḍaka); by birth impotent.

(2) 留拏 (sa) rugṇa or (sa) ruṇḍa paṇḍaka; 'maimed, ' i.e. emasculated males.

(3) 砂梨沙掌拏 (sa) īrṣyā ((sa) īrṣyā paṇḍaka); those whose sexual desires are only aroused by jealousy.

(4) 半擇迦 (sa) paṇḍaka are eunuchs in general, but in this category are described as hermaphrodites.

(5) 博叉 (sa) pakṣa ((sa) pakṣa pāṇḍaka); impotent during one-half of the month. A newer classification distinguishes those with incomplete from those with complete organs; the incomplete being

(1) (sa) ṣaṇḍha, or (sa) jātipaṇḍaka as above; and

(2) emasculated males; the complete are the others; the fifth being stimulated when bathing or evacuating. Other forms: 般吒; 半托; 半擇迦 tr. 黃門.