reṇu

  1. dust; pl. reṇū particles of dust
    ■ Vin.i.32 (˚hatā bhūmi); Vism.338 = Mnd.505 = Ja.i.117 (rāgo rajo na ca pana reṇu vuccati); Ja.iv.362 (okiṇṇā raja-reṇūhi; C. explains by “paṃsūhi”); Mil.274 (pl.) Snp-a.132 (reṇuṃ vūpasāmeti allays).
  2. pollen (in this meaning found only in the so-called Jātaka-style Ja.i.233 (mahā-tumba-matta), Ja.i.349 (pupphato reṇuṃ gaṇhāti); Ja.iii.320; Ja.v.39 (puppha˚); Ja.vi.530 (padumakinjakkha˚); Dhp-a.iv.203 (˚vaṭṭhi).

cp. Vedic reṇu