bamboo; occurs only in compounds, e.g. -gumba thicket of bamboo Dhp-a.i.177; -tinduka the tree Diospyros Ja.v.405 (= timbaru C.); -daṇḍaka jungle-rope Ja.iii.204 -bali a tax to be paid in bamboo (by bamboo workers Dhp-a.i.177; --vana bamboo forest Ja.v.38.

cp. Vedic veṇu. Another P, form is veḷu (q.v.)