colouring, dye DN.i.110 (suddhaṃ vatthaṃ… sammadeva rajanaṃ paṭigaṇheyya); Vin.i.50 = Vin.i.53 Vin.ii.227; Vin.i.286 (6 dyes allowed to the bhikkhus: mūla˚, khandha˚, taca˚, patta˚, puppha˚, phala˚ or made of the root, the trunk, bark, leaf, flower, fruit of trees) Thag.965; SN.ii.101 (here either as f. or adj.) Ja.i.220 (washing?).

• -kamma (the job of) dyeing Ja.i.118; Vism.65.
• -pacana boiling the dye Vism.389 (cp. rajana-pakka Vin. Texts ii.49).
• -bhājana dye-vessel Vin.i.286.
• -sālā colouring-workshop, dyeing-hall Vism.65.

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