puḷina

Pulina & Puḷina

(nt.)

  1. a sandy bank or mound in the middle of a river Ja.ii.366 (vālika˚); Ja.iii.389 (id.); Ja.v.414; Mil.297 (ḷ); Dāvs iv.29; Vism.263 (nadī˚); Vv-a.40 (paṇḍara˚).
  2. a grain of sand Mil.180 (l).

cp. Epic Sk. pulina, also Halāyudha 3, 48