Aḷāra (adjective) [Is it the same as uḷāra?] only used with reference to the eyelashes, and usually explained by visāla, i.e. extended, wide, but also by bahala, i.e. thick. The meaning and etymology are as yet uncertain. Kern, ( Toev. sub voce ) translates by "bent, crooked, arched". -akkhin with wide eyes (eyelashes?) Ja I 306 (= visāla-netta commentary); -pamha with thick eye-lashes Vv 35 7 (= bahala-saṃyata-pakhuma commentary; v.l. °pamukha); -bhamuka having thick eyebrows or eyelashes Ja VI 503 (so read for °pamukha; commentary explains by visālakkhigaṇḍa). Cf. āḷāra.