kaṇḍa : [m.] 1. a portion or chapter; 2. an arrow or shaft.
Kaṇḍa (m. nt.) [perhaps as *kaldno fr. *kalad to break, cp. Gr. kladaro/s, Lat. clades, etc., Sk. kāṇḍa. See also khagga and khaṇḍa] 1. the portion of a stalk or cane between one knot and another; the whole stalk or shaft; the shaft of an arrow, an arrow in general M i.429 (two kinds of arrows: kaccha & ropima, cp. kaṇḍa -- cittaka); J i.150; ii.91; iii.273; v.39; Miln 44, 73; Mhvs 25, 89. As arrow also in the "Tell" story of Culladhanuggaha at J iii.220 & DhA iv.66. <-> 2. a section, portion or paragraph of a book DA i.12; Pgdp 161. -- 3. a small portion, a bit or lump DhA i.134 (pūva˚); Mhvs 17, 35. -- 4. kaṇḍaŋ (adv.) a portion of time, for a while, a little Pgdp 36. -- See also khaṇḍa, with which it is often confounded. Der. upa -- kaṇḍakin (adj.) (thin) like a stalk or arrow Pv. ii.113 (of a Petī).
-- gamana the going of an arrow, i. e. the distance covered by an arrow in flight, a bow -- shot J ii.334; cp. kaṇḍu. -- cittaka (Sk. kāṇḍa -- citraka) an excellent arrow A ii.202. -- nāḷī a quiver J iii.220. -- pahāra an arrow -- shot, arrow -- wound Miln 16 (ekena k -- paharena dve mahākāyā padālitā "two birds killed with one stone"), 73. -- vāraṇa (adj.) warding off arrows, appl. to a shield J vi.592 (nt.); a shield J iv.366.
mna'
[translation-san] {C} kaṇḍa (=kāṇḍa)
[translation-eng] {C} stalk
mna' yis
[translation-san] {C} kaṇḍa (=kāṇḍa)
[translation-eng] {C} stalk
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