paṇṇa
- a leaf (esp. betel leaf) Vin.i.201 (5 kinds of leaves recommended for medicinal purposes, viz. nimba˚; Azadirachta Indica kuṭaja˚; Wrightia antidysenterica, paṭola˚; Trichosanthes dioeca, sulasi˚; or tulasi˚ basil, kappāsika˚ cotton, see Vin. Texts ii.46) AN.i.183 (tiṇa +) Snp.811 (p. vuccati paduma-pattaṃ Mnd.135); Ja.i.167; Ja.ii.105 (nimba)˚; Kp-a.46 (khitta-p
■ kosa-saṇṭhāna); Pv-a.115 (= patta) tālapaṇṇa a fan of palm leaves Vv.33#43 (= tālapattehi kata-maṇḍala-vījanī Vv-a.147); haritapaṇṇa greens, vegetable Snp-a.283; sūpeyyapaṇṇa curry leaf Ja.i.98. - a leaf for writing upon, written leaf, letter; donation, bequest (see below paṇṇākāra Ja.i.409 (cp. paṭipaṇṇa); Ja.ii.104; Ja.iv.151 (ucchangato p ˚ṃ nīharati); Dhp-a.i.180; Pv-a.20 (likhā˚ written message). paṇṇaṃ āropeti to send a letter Ja.i.227; pahiṇati id. Ja.iv.145; Ja.v.458; peseti id. Ja.i.178; Ja.iv.169. paṇṇaṃ likhati to write a letter Ja.ii.174; Ja.vi.369 (paṇṇe wrote on a leaf), Ja.vi.385 iṇa˚ a promissory note Ja.i.230; Ja.iv.256-p. as ticket or label at Dhs-a.110.
- a feather wing see *su*˚.
- -ākāra “state or condition of writing” (see ākāra 1) i.e. object of writing; that which is connected or sent with a letter, a special message, donation, present, gift Ja.i.377; Ja.ii.166; Ja.iii.10; Ja.iv.316, Ja.iv.368; Ja.vi.68, Ja.vi.390; Snp-a.78; Dhp-a.i.184 Dhp-a.i.326, Dhp-a.i.392, Dhp-a.i.339; Dhp-a.ii.80; Dhp-a.iii.292 (dasavidha dibba˚ viz. āyu etc.: see ṭhāna); Dhp-a.iv.11.
- -kuṭi a hut of leaves DN.iii.94; SN.i.226; Ja.ii.44; Pv.iii.2#20; DN-a.i.318.
- -chatta a fan of leaves Ja.ii.277.
- -chattaka a leaf-awning SN.i.90 SN.i.92.
- -dhāra a holder made of leaves Ja.v.205.
- -pacchi leaf-basket, a b. for greens Ja.vi.369.
- -puṭa a palm-leaf basket Pv-a.168.
- -saññā a mark of leaves (tied up to mark the boundary of a field) Ja.i.153.
- -santhāra a spreading leaf, leaf cover, adj. spread with leaves AN.i.136; Ja.vi.24.
- -sālā a hut of leaves, a hermitage Ja.i.6, Ja.i.7, Ja.i.138; Ja.ii.101 sq.; Ja.vi.30, Ja.vi.318 (nala-bhittikaṃ ˚ṃ katvā); Ja.vi.24.
- -susa (& sosa); drying the leaves (said of the wind) Kp-a.15.
Ved. parṇa, cp. Ags. fearn, E. fern