rajju

cord, line, rope SN.ii.128; Vin.ii.120 Vin.ii.148 (āviñchana˚); Cnd.304; Ja.i.464, Ja.i.483 (fisherman’s line); Ja.v.173; Mhvs.10, Mhvs.61; Dhp-a.iv.54; Vb-a.163 Kp-a.57; Vv-a.207; Sdhp.148, Sdhp.153.

  • -kāra rope-maker Mil.331.
  • -gāhaka “rope-holder, (king’s) land-surveyor Ja.ii.367 = Dhp-a.iv.88 (see Fick Sociale Gliederung 97).

Vedic rajju, cp. Lat. restis rope, Lith. rẽƶgis wicker, basket