tiṇa : [nt.] grass.
Tiṇa (nt.) [Vedic tṛṇa, from *ter (cp. tarati) to pierce, orig. "point" (=blade); Goth. paúrnus, Ags. porn=E. thorn, Ger. dorn] grass, herb; weed; straw; thatch; hay, litter S iii.137 (tiṇa, kasā, kusa, babbaja, bīraṇa); satiṇakaṭṭhodaka full of grass, wood & water (of an estate) D i.87, 111, etc.; sītaŋ vā uṇhaŋ vā rajo vā tiṇaŋ vā ussāvo vā (dust & weeds) D ii.19; A i.145; t.+paṇṇa (grass & leaves1) A i.183; VvA 5. -- J i.108 (dabba˚), 295; iii.53; Pv i.81 (harita t.); iv.148; Vism 353 (kuṇṭha˚); DA i.77 (alla˚ fresh grass); PvA 7 (weed), 62 (grass), 112; DhA iv.121; Miln 47 (thatch), 224 (id.).
-- aṇḍupaka a roll of grass Vin i.208=iii.249; -- āgāra a thatched cottage A i.101 (+naḷāgāra); -- ukkā a firebrand of dry grass or hay S ii.152; iii.185; J i.212, 296; Vism 428; DhA i.126; ThA 287; Bdhd 107; -- karala a wisp of grass DhA iii.38; -- kājaka a load of g. DhA iv.121; -- gahana a thicket of g., a jungle Ai.153; -- cuṇṇa crushed & powdered (dry) grass or herbs Vin i.203; VvA 100 ( -- rajânukiṇṇa); -- jāti grass -- creeper VvA 162; -- dāya a grass -- jungle Sii.152; -- dosa damaged by weeds (khetta) Dh 356; PvA 7; -- pupphaka ( -- roga) sickness caused by the flowering of grass, hay -- fever Miln 216; -- purisaka a straw -- man, a scarecrow Miln 352; Vism 462; DhsA 111; -- bhakkha eating grass; of animals M iii.167; of ascetics D i.166; Pug 55; A i.241, 295; -- bhusachaff, litter, dry grass VvA 47; -- rukkha a shrub; -- vatthāraka one of the seven Adhikaraṇasamathas (ways in which litigation may be settled). In case mutual complaints of breach of the rules have been brought before a chapter, then the chapter may decline to go into the details and, with the consent of the litigants, declare all the charges settled. See Vin. Texts, iii.30 -- 34. This is the "covering over as if with grass" Vin ii.87 (in detail, cp. also tassapāpiyyasikā); D iii.254; A i.99; Mii.250; -- santhāraka a mat of grass Vin i.286; ii.113, 116; J i.360.
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