āḷhaka

certain measure of capacity, originally for grain; in older texts usually applied to a liquid measure (udaka˚). Its size is given by Bdhgh. at Snp-a.476 as follows: “cattāro patthā āḷhakāni doṇaṃ etc.”-udakāḷhaka SN.v.400; AN.ii.55 = AN.iii.337; Vv-a.155
■ In other connections at Ja.i.419 (aḍḍh˚); Ja.iii.541 (mitaṃ āḷhakena dhañña-māpaka-kammaṃ kataṃ C.); Mil.229 (patt˚); Dhp-a.iii.367 (aḍḍh˚).

  • -thālikā a bowl of the capacity of an āḷhaka Vin.i.240; AN.iii.369; Dhp-a.iii.370 (variant reading bhatta-thālikā).

Sk. āḍhaka, fr. *āḍha probably meaning “grain”