adjective

1. smooth, soft Vin.i.202; Vin.ii.151; Vv.50#18 (= mudu Vv-a.213); Vism.260 = Kp-a.59 saṇhena softly Thag.460.
2. gentle, mild DN.ii.259; Snp.853; Ja.i.202, Ja.i.376; Mnd.234; Pv-a.56, Pv-a.215. Of speech (opp. pharusa harsh) MN.i.126; AN.iii.196; Dhs.1343.
3. delicate, exquisite Thig.258, Thig.262, Thig.264, Thig.268. Cp pari˚.

• -karaṇī “a wooden instrument for smoothing the ground, or a sort of trowel,” Abhp.1007; Ja.iv.250 (loc ˚iyaṃ piṃsito); Ja.iv.4 (˚ī viya tilāni piṃsamānā); Ja.v.271, Ja.vi.114 (asani viya viravanto ˚iyaṃ viya piṃsanto); cp Kp-a.59; thus it seems to mean also a sort of instrument for oil-pressing, or a mortar.

cp. Sk. ślakṣṇa