small piece of cloth, a rag, a bandage Vin.i.255, Vin.i.296 (khoma˚ cp. Vin. Texts ii.156); MN.i.141 (chinna-˚o-dhammo laid bare or open); SN.ii.28 (id.), SN.ii.219 (paṭa˚); Ja.i.220; Ja.ii.145; Ja.iii.22 (jiṇṇa˚), Ja.iii.511; Ja.vi.383; Mil.282; Vism.328; Kp-a.55; Dhp-a.i.221 (tela˚ rags dipped in oil); Vv-a.5; Pv-a.185
■ As m. at Ja.iv.365. The BSk. forms vary; we read chinna-pilotika at Avs.i.198; Mvu.iii.63; pilotikā (or ˚ka) at Mvu.iii.50, Mvu.iii.54. Besides we have ploti in karmaploti (pūrvikā k.) Divy.150 etc. Avs.i.421.

• -khaṇḍa a piece of rag Dhp-a.iv.115; Thag-a.269; Pv-a.171.

cp. Class. Sk. plota (BR = prota), Suśr. i.15, 3; 16, 7 & passim