(freq. spelled gaṇḍikā, q.v.) = gaṇṭhi, viz.

1. a knot, a tie DN-a.i.199 (catu-pañca-gaṇṭhik’āhata patta a bowl with 4 or 5 knots, similarly āṇi-gaṇṭhik’ āhata ayopatta Vism.108; but see āṇi); Dhp-a.i.335 (˚jāta = gaṇṭhijāta knotty part), Dhp-a.i.394.
2. a block (or is it knot?) Vin.ii.136 (? + pāsaka; cp. Vin. Texts iii.144), Vin.v.140. Esp. in phrase gaṇṭhikaṃ paṭimuñcitvā Vin.i.46 Vin.ii.213, Vin.ii.215, trsl^d at Vin. Texts iii.286 “fasten the block on (to the robe)” but at i.155 “tie the knots. Also in dhamma-gaṇṭhikā a block for execution Ja.i.150 (variant reading gaṇḍikā).
3. Name of a plant Pv-a.127
   ■ ucchugaṇṭhikā sugar cane: see ucchu.

• -kāsāva a yellow robe which was to be tied (or which had a block?) Ja.iv.446.