an army Vin.i.241; Vin.iv.104 sq. (where described as consisting of hatthī assā, rathā, pattī), Vin.iv.160; SN.i.112; AN.iii.397; AN.v.82; Ja.ii.94; Mil.4; Mnd.95 (Māra˚), Mnd.174 (id.).

• -gutta [sena˚] a high official, a minister of war, only in cpd. mahā-˚; Ja.vi.2, Ja.vi.54; mahāsenaguttaṭṭhāna the position of a generalissimo Ja.v.115.
• -nāyaka a general Vin.i.73.
• -pacca the position as general Mhvs.38, Mhvs.81
• -pati a general Vin.i.233 sq.; Snp.556; AN.iii.38; AN.iv.79; Ja.i.133; Ja.iv.43; dhamma-˚; a general of the Dhamma Mil.343; Dhp-a.iii.305.
• -patika a general AN.iii.76, AN.iii.78, AN.iii.300
• -byūha massing of troops, grouping & fitting up an army Vin.iv.107; DN.i.6; Pts.ii.213; DN-a.i.85 (-vyūha).

Vedic senā² perhaps fr. si to bind