(BB ḷ)

1. a log, a piece of wood MN.i.449, MN.i.451; SN.ii.268; Dhp-a.iii.315; often in sense of something useless, or a trifle (combined with kaṭṭha q.v.) Dhp.41; Dhp-a.i.321 (= kaṭṭhakhaṇḍa, a chip) Thig.468 (id.) as kaṭṭhakalingarāni Dhp-a.ii.142.
2. a plank, viz. a step in a staircase, in sopāna˚ Vin.ii.128, cp. sopāna-kaḷevara.

• -ūpadhāna a wooden block used for putting one’s head on when sleeping SN.ii.267; Mil.366;
• -kaṇḍa a wooden arrow Ja.iii.273 (acittaṃ k˚: without feeling)

cp. Sk. kaḍankara & kaḍangara, on which in sense of “log” see Kern,

Toevoegselen

s. v. kalingara