Pabba (nt.) [Ved. parvan] 1. a knot (of a stalk), joint, section Vin iv.35; M i.80; J i.245 (veḷu˚); Vism 358 (id.; but nāḷika p. 260); VbhA 63 (id.); Th 1, 243. -- angula˚ finger joint Vin iv.262, M i.187; DA i.285. -- pabba -- pabbaŋ knot for knot DhsA 11. -- 2. the elbow S iv.171. -- 3. section, division, part Vism 240 (14 sections of contemplation of the body or kāyagatāsati); VbhA 275, 286.
   -- gaṇṭhi a knot Miln 103. -- valli a species of Dūrvā J v.69; -- vāta intermittent ague Vin i.205.