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Pāsāṇa [Epic Sk. pāṣāṇa] a rock, stone A i.283; Sn 447; J i.109, 199; v.295; Vism 28, 182, 183; VbhA 64 (its size as cpd with pabbata); DhA iii.151; DhsA 389; VvA 157; Sdhp 328.
   -- guḷa a ball of (soft) stone, used for washing (pumice stone?) A ii.200 (sāla -- laṭṭhiŋ . . . taccheyya . . . likheyya . . . pāsāṇaguḷena dhopeyya . . . nadiŋ patāreyya), cp. M i.233; and Vism 28 "bhājane ṭhapitaŋ guḷapiṇḍaŋ viya pāsāṇaŋ." -- cetiya a stone Caitya DhA iii.253. -- tala a natural plateau J i.207. -- piṭṭheat the back of a rock Vism 116. -- pokkharaṇī a natural tank Vism 119. -- phalaka a slab of stone J iv.328. -- macchaka a kind of fish (stone -- fish) J iv.70;vi.450. -- lekha writing on a stone Pug 32. -- sakkharā a little stone, fragment of rock S ii.137; A iv.237. -- sevāla stone Vallisneria J v.462. -- vassa rain of stones SnA 224.

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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,