Araṇi & ˚ī (f.) [Vedic araṇī & araṇi fr. ṛ] wood for kind- ling fire by attrition, only in foll. cpds.: ˚potaka small firewood, all that is needed for producing fire, chiefly drill sticks Miln 53; ˚sahita (nt.) same Vin ii.217; J i. 212 (ī); v.46 (ī); DhA ii.246; ˚mathana rubbing of firewood J vi.209. -- Note. The reading at PvA 211 araṇiyehi devehi sadisa -- vaṇṇa is surely a misreading (v. l. BB ariyehi).

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