suṅka

  1. toll, tax, customs Vin.iii.52; Vin.iv.131; AN.i.54 sq.; Dhp-a.ii.2; Ja.iv.132; Ja.vi.347; Pv-a iii.
  2. gain, profit Thig.25 Thag-a.32.
  3. purchase-price of a wife Thig.420; Ja.vi.266; Mil.47 sq

■ odhisunka stake Ja.vi.279 --gahana Ja.v.254; a-suṃkâraha Ja.v.254.

  • -ghāta customs’ frontier Vin.iii.47, Vin.iii.52.
  • -ṭṭhāna taxing place, customs’ house Vin.iii.62; Mil.359
  • -sāyika (?) customs’ officer Mil.365 (read perhaps ˚sādhaka or ˚sālika?).

cp. Vedic śulka, nt.