Karoti
A class of spirits, associated with the NÄgas and forming one of the five defences of the Devas against the Asuras. The JÄtaka scholiast says that Karoti is a name for the Supaṇṇa (a species of Garuḷa), and that they were so called because of their food and drink which were called Karoti (tesaṃ karoti nÄma pÄṇabhojanaṃ). J.i.204; cp. KarotapÄnayah, given as the name of a class of Yaksas (Mtu.i.30, 394); also Dvy.218.
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