sort of coarse grass or reed, used to make slippers, etc. Vin.i.190; DN.ii.55; SN.ii.92; SN.iii.137 SN.iv.158; AN.ii.211; Dhp.345; Dhp-a.iv.55.

• -pādukā a slipper out of b. gra …

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…vā muñjamayaṃ vā babbaja-mayaṃ vā anto saṃveṭhetvā baddhaṃ hoti. Cp. Vin. Texts i.34; iii.165); Ja.v.407 Also in list of 16…

(-˚) cutter, reaper AN.iii.365 = SN.iii.155 (read babbaja˚).

fr. lāyati

…Thag.27; Ja.ii.140, Ja.ii.141; Ja.v.202; Ja.vi.508. For further refs. see babbaja.

Sk. balbaja, cp. Geiger P.Gr. § 39. 6

…(tiṇa, kasā, kusa, babbaja, bīraṇa) satiṇakaṭṭhodaka full of grass, wood & water (of an estate) DN.i.87, DN.i.111, etc.; sītaṃ…