sand (often sprinkled in connection with festivities to make the place look neat AN.i.253; Ja.i.210; Ja.iii.52, Ja.iii.407; Ja.vi.64; Vism.420; Dhp-a.i.3, Dhp-a.i.111; Vv-a.160, Vv-a.305; Pv-a.189
■ paritta˚; sand (on the head) as an amulet Ja.i.396, Ja.i.399
■ In compounds usually vālika˚. Cp. vālukā.

• -puñja a heap of sand Ja.vi.560.
• -pulina sand bed or bank Ja.ii.366; Ja.iii.389.
• -vassa a shower of sand Snp-a.224.

a by-form of vālukā