Āveḷa (adjective and °ā feminine) [not with Müller P.Gram. 10, 30, 37 = Sanskrit āpīḍa, but from ā + veṣṭh to wind or turn round, which in Pāli is represented by āveṭheti as well as āvijjhati; ḷ then standing for either ḍh (ṭh) or dh (āvedha, q.v.). There may have been an analogy influence through vell to move to and fro, cf. āveḷita. Müller refers to āveḷā rightly the late dialect (Prākrit) āmela] 1. turning round, swinging round; diffusion, radiation; protuberance, with reference to the rays of the Buddha at Ja I 12, 95, 501. 2. (feminine) a garland or other ornament slung round and worn over the head Vv 36 2 (kañcan°; = āveḷa-pilandhana Vv-a 167). See āveḷin.