growing corn, the crop on the ground, a cornfield AN.iii.393 (in simile), cp. SN.iv.195.

• -āda eating corn AN.iii.393.
• -ārakkha the guardian of the cornfield SN.iv.196.
• -sambādha “when the corn is thick,” in ˚samaye near harvest-time MN.i.115 (in simile) Ja.i.143 (sassa-samaye +), Ja.i.338.

cp. Sk. kṛṣṭa kṛṣ