…represented as next to the pith, but inferior and worthless. At all passages contrasted with sāra (pith, substance). Thus at…

…(f.) marrow, pith, kernel Vin.i.25 (in sequence chavi, camma, maṃsa, nahāru, aṭṭhi, miñjā); Vism.235 (id.); Kp iii….

adjective valuable, having kernel or pith (said of grain or trees) AN.iv.170 (synom. daḷha, opp palāpa); SN.v.163; MN.i.111 = MN.i.233.

fr. sāra

…treasurer of the Dh., an epithet of Ānanda Thag.1048; Ja.i.382, Ja.i.501; Ja.ii.25; Dhp-a.iii.250; Pv-a.2

• -bhūta…

the essence of sandalwood; the best sandalwood; the pith of sandalwood.

…of anything, the heart or pith of a tree (see also pheggu) MN.i.111; Ja.i.331; Mil.413; most excellent kind of wood…

…the pith of a p. Ja.iv.402; -vaṇṭa [Sk. tālavṛṇta a fan] Vin.ii.130 (+ vidhūpana),…