thala : [nt.] land; dry ground. || thāla (m.; nt.) a plate; a dish.

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

Thala1 (nt.) [Vedic sthala, to sthā, orig. standing place; cp. Gr. ste/llw, sto/los; Ags. steall (place); also P. thaṇḍila] dry ground, viz. high, raised (opp. low) or solid, firm (opp. water) S iv.179. As plateau opp. to ninna (low lying place) at Sn 30 (SnA 42=ukkūla); Dh 98; It 66=S i.100 (megho thalaŋ ninnañ ca pūreti); PvA 29 (=unnatapadesa). As dry land, terra firma opp. to jala at Dh 34; J i.107, 222; Pv iv.121; PvA 260. As firm, even ground or safe place at D i.234; Sn 946. <-> Cp. J iii.53; iv.142; Vism 185.
   -- gocara living on land J ii.159; -- ja sprung from land (opp. vārija Dh 34 or udakarūha Vv 356=water -- plant); referring to plants A i.35; J i.51; Vv 356 (=yodhikādikā VvA 162); Miln 281; -- ṭṭha standing on firm ground A ii.241; -- patha a road by land (opp. jala˚ by water) J i.121; iii.188.

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Thala2 (nt.) [prob. dialect. variant of tharu] the haft of a sword, the scabbard J iii.221 (reading uncertain).

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