ammaṇa

  1. a trough Ja.v.297; Ja.vi.381 (bhatt˚).
  2. a certain measure of capacity Ja.i.62; Ja.ii.436 (taṇḍul˚). As -ka at Ja.ii.117 (variant reading ampaṇaka); DN-a.i.84.

of uncertain etym.; Sk. armaṇa is Sanskritised Pāli. See on form & meaning Childers s. v. and Kern,

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