Donī1 (f.) [Sk. droṇī, see doṇa] 1. a (wooden) trough, a vat, tub S ii.259; A i.253; v.323; J i.450; Miln 56. -- tela˚ an oil vat A iii.58 (āyasā made of iron & used as a sarcophagus). -- 2. a trough -- shaped canoe (cp. Marāthi ḍon "a long flat -- bottomed boat made of unḍi wood," & Kanarese ḍoni "a canoe hallowed from a log"] J iv.163 (=gambhīrā mahānāvā p. 164); PvA 189. -- 3. a hollow, dug in the ground Miln 397. -- 4. the body of a lute, the sounding -- board (?)] i.450; Miln 53; VvA 281.

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Doṇī2 (f.) [Sk. droṇi?] an oil -- giving plant (?) (or is it= donī1 meaning a cake made in a tub, but wrongly interpreted by Dhammapāla?) only in -- nimmiñjana oil -- cake Pv i.1010; as ˚nimmijjani at Vv 3338; expld by telamiñjaka at PvA 51 & by tilapiññāka at VvA 147.

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