1. firebrand, glow of fire, torch DN.i.49, DN.i.108; SN.ii.264; Thig.488 (˚ûpama) Ja.i.34 (dhamm-okkā); Ja.ii.401; Ja.iv.291; Ja.v.322; Vism.428 Thag-a.287; DN-a.i.148; Dhp-a.i.42, Dhp-a.i.205; Pv-a.154. Esp as tiṇ˚ firebrand of dry grass MN.i.128, MN.i.365; Cnd.40#Ie Dhp-a.i.126; Sdhp.573.
2. a furnace or forge of a smith AN.i.210, AN.i.257; Ja.vi.437; see also below ˚mukha.
3. a meteor: see below ˚pāta.

• -dhāra a torch-bearer Snp.335; Iti.108; Mil.1.
• -pāta “falling of a firebrand”, a meteor DN.i.10 (= ākāsato ukkānaṃ patanaṃ DN-a.i.95); Ja.i.374; Ja.vi.476; Mil.178
• -mukha the opening or receiver of a furnace, a goldsmith’s smelting pot AN.i.257; Ja.vi.217 (= kammār’uddhana C.), Ja.vi.574; Snp.686; Dhp-a.ii.250.

Vedic ulkā & ulkuṣī, cp. Gr.; α ̓́φλας (= λαμπρ ̈ως torch Hesychius), vελξάνος (= Volcanus); Lat. Volcanus Oir. Olcān, Idg. *ṷI̊q to be fiery