hole; only in cpd. aṅgārakāsu a cinderhole, a fire-pit, usually understood as a pit of glowing cinders Ja.i.232. Mostly found in similes e.g. SN.iv.56, SN.iv.188; Snp.396; Sdhp.208; and in kāmā angārakās’ ûpamā metaphor AN.iv.224 = AN.v.175; see also kāma.

cp. Sk. karṣū, fr. kṛṣ