m. (also written vaṭu) a boy, lad, stripling, youth (esp. a young Brāhman, but also contemptuously applied to adult persons), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
N. of a class of priests, [Cat.]
a form of Śiva (so called from being represented by boys in the rites of the Śāktas), [ib.]
Calosanthes Indica, [L.]