pāroha

  1. a small (side) branch, new twig (of a Nigrodha tree) Ja.v.8, Ja.v.38, Ja.v.472 Ja.vi.199; Snp-a.304; Pv-a.113.
  2. a shoot, sprout (from the root of a tree, tillering) SN.i.69 (see C. expln at K.S. 320); Ja.vi.15; Dhp-a.ii.70; Vb-a.475; Vb-a.476.

fr. pra + ruh, cp. Sk. *prāroha