of a vinā, perhaps the head or finger-holds.

…calculation Vv-a.7.

cp. upadhāraṇa

yielding a pailful of milk; or with a metal milking-pail

1. bronze Mil.2 magnified by late commentators occasionally into silver or gold. Thus Ja.vi.504 (silver) and Ja.i.338; Ja.iv.107 Ja.vi.509 (gold), considered more suitable to a fairy king
2. a bronze …

…proposes reading kuṇḍ’ opadohana ‣See also kaṁsupadhāraṇa)

= kuṇḍikā

…in meaning of samādhi (No 268) and upadhāraṇa (615)