naḷa

Nala & Naḷa

a species of reed; reed in general Vin.iv.35; AN.ii.73; Dhp.337; Cnd.680#ii; Ja.i.223; Ja.iv.141 Ja.iv.396 (n. va chinno); Pv.i.11#6 (id.); Dhp-a.iii.156; Dhp-a.iv.43 See also nāḷa, nāḷī & nāḷikā.

  • -āgāra a house built of reeds SN.i.156; SN.iv.185 (+ tiṇāgāra); AN.i.101 (+ tiṇāgāra); Cnd.40#d (id.), Mil.245 cp. Avs Index ii.228 (naḍāgāra);
  • -aggi a fire of reeds Ja.vi.100 (˚vaṇṇaṃ pabbataṃ);
  • -kalāpī a bundle of r SN.ii.114;
  • -kāra a worker in reeds, basket-maker DN.i.51 (+ pesakāra & kumbhakāra); Ja.v.291; Thag-a.28; Pv-a.175 (+ vilīvakāra); Dhp-a.i.177;
  • -daṇḍaka a shaft of r. Ja.i.170;
  • -maya made of r. Vin.ii.115;
  • -vana a thicket of reeds Ja.iv.140; Mil.342;
  • -sannibha reedcoloured Ja.vi.537 (Com.: naḷa-puppha-vaṇṇa rukkhasunakha);
  • -setu a bridge of reeds Snp.4.

Ved. naḍa & Sk. naḷa, with dial. ḍ (ḷ) for *narda, cp. Gr.; νάρδης