1. a sharp-pointed instrument, a stake Thig.488; SN.v.411; Pv.iv.1#6; Vism.489 (in compar.), Vism.646 (khadira˚, ayo˚, suvaṇṇa˚); Thag-a.288; Ja.i.143, Ja.i.326; sūle uttāseti to impale AN.i.48; Ja.i.326 Ja.ii.443; Ja.iv.29; appeti the same Ja.iii.34; Ja.vi.17, or āropeti Pv-a.220. ayasūla an iron stake Ja.iv.29; Snp.667; cp. asi˚ & satti˚.
2. a spit Ja.i.211 roasted on a spit, roasted meat Ja.iii.220; maṃsa˚ the same, or perhaps a spit with roasted meat Ja.iii.52, Ja.iii.220.
3. an acute, sharp pain Dhs-a.397; sūlā (f.) the same AN.v.110#2 Cp. defⁿ of sūl as “rujā” at Dhtp.272.

• -āropana impaling, execution Mil.197, Mil.290.
• -koṭi the point of the stake Dhp-a.ii.240.

cp. Vedic śūla