wound, a sore, only in compounds: -kāya a heap of sores MN.ii.64 = Dhp.147 = Thag.769 (= navannaṃ vaṇamukhānaṃ vasena arubhūta kāya Dhp-a.iii.109 = Vv-a.77); -gatta (adj.) with wounds in the body MN.i.506 (+ pakka-gatta); Mil.357 (id); -pakka decaying with sores SN.iv.198 (˚āni gattāni) -bhūta consisting of wounds, a mass of wounds Vv-a.77; Dhp-a.iii.109.

Vedic aruḥ, unknown etym.