valañja

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  1. track, line, trace, in pada˚; track, footprint Ja.i.8; Ja.ii.153 (variant reading lañca & lañcha), Ja.iv.221 (valañcha T.), Ja.ii.383; Dhp-a.ii.38.
  2. that which is spent or secreted, i.e. outflow, faeces, excrement, in sarīra˚; faeces Ja.i.70, Ja.i.80, Ja.i.421 (˚ṃ muñcati to ease oneself), Ja.iii.486; Dhp-a.ii.55.
  3. design, use; only neg. avalañja useless, superfluous Vin.iv.266; Vv-a.46 (˚ṃ akaṃsu rendered useless); Dhp-a.iv.116.

see valañjeti