Ālāna and āḷāna (neuter) [for ānāhana with substitution of l for n (cf. apilandhana for apinandh° and contraction of °āhana to °āna originally meaning "tying to" then the thing to which anything is tied] — a peg, stake, post, especially one to which an elephant is tied Ja I 415; IV 308; Dhp-a I 126 (-ḷ-) where all mss have āḷāhana, perhaps correctly.
(nt, nt) stake, post (to which an elephant is tied)