rice-grain, rice husked & ready for boiling; freq. combined with tila (q.v.) in mentioning of offerings, presentations, etc.: loṇaṃ telaṃ taṇḍulaṃ khādaniyaṃ sakaṭesu āropetvā Vin.i.220, Vin.i.238, Vin.i.243, Vin.i.249; talitaṇḍulâdayo Ja.iii.53; Pv-a.105
■ Vin.i.244; AN.i.130; Ja.i.255; Ja.iii.55, Ja.iii.425 (taṇḍulāni metri causa); Ja.vi.365 (mūla˚ coarse r., majjhima medium r., kaṇikā the finest grain); Snp.295; Pp.32; Dhp-a.i.395 (sāli-taṇḍula husked rice); DN-a.i.93. Cp ut˚.

• -ammaṇa a measure (handful?) of rice Ja.ii.436
• -dona a rice-vat or rice-bowl Dhp-a.iv.15;
• -pāladvārā “doors (i.e. house) of the rice-guard” Npl. MN.ii.185
• -muṭṭhi a handful of rice Pv-a.131;
• -homa an oblation of rice DN.i.9.

*Sk. taṇḍula: dialectical