taṇḍula : [nt.] rice-grain.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Taṇḍula (*Sk. taṇḍula: dialectical] rice -- grain, rice husked & ready for boiling; freq. combd with tila (q. v.) in mentioning of offerings, presentations, etc.: loṇaŋ telaŋ taṇḍulaŋ khādaniyaŋ sakaṭesu āropetvā Vin i.220, 238, 243, 249; talitaṇḍulâdayo J iii.53; PvA 105. -- Vin i.244; A i.130; J i.255; iii.55, 425 (taṇḍulāni metri causa); vi.365 (mūla˚ coarse r., majjhima˚ medium r., kaṇikā the finest grain); Sn 295; Pug 32; DhA i.395 (sāli -- taṇḍula husked rice); DA i.93. Cp. ut˚.
   -- ammaṇa a measure (handful?) of rice J ii.436. -- dona a rice -- vat or rice -- bowl DhA iv.15; -- pāladvārā "doors (i. e. house) of the rice -- guard" Npl. Mii.185; -- muṭṭhi a handful of rice PvA 131; -- homa an oblation of rice D i.9.

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