wound, sore Vin.i.205 (m.), Vin.i.218 (vaṇo rūḷho); Vin.iii.36 (m; angajāte), Vin.iii.117 (angajāte) SN.iv.177 (vaṇaṃ ālimpeti); AN.v.347 sq., AN.v.350 sq.; AN.v.359 Cnd.540; Pp-a 212 (purāṇa-vaṇa-sadisa-citto); Dhp-a.ii.165 (˚ṃ bandhati to bandage); Vv-a.77; Pv-a.80 Sdhp.395. On vaṇa in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 132.

• -ālepana putting ointment on a sore Snp-a.58 (in sim.)
• -coḷaka a rag for dressing a wound Vism.342; Vb-a.361
• -paṭikamma restoration or healing of a wound Dhp-a.ii.164.
• -paṭicchādana dressing of a wound Dhp-a.i.375
• -paṭṭa id., bandage Snp-a.100.
• -bandhana id. Vin.i.205
• -mukha the opening of a sore AN.iv.386 (nava ˚āni) Vv-a.77 (id.).

cp. Vedic vraṇa; Serbian rana; Obulg. var̄e, both “wound”