1. a nerve conveying a stimulus (lit. “carrier”); only used with rasa˚; nerve of taste Vin.ii.137; usually given as “a hundred thousand” in number, e.g. Ja.v.4, Ja.v.293, Ja.v.458; Dhp-a.i.134.
2. in kaṇṇamala˚; an instrument to remove the wax from the ear Vin.ii.135. Cp. hāraka.

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