alambu , or āl° , or alāmbu , or āl° (= Skt. and Pali alābu, Skt. Lex. ālābu), bottle-gourd : Mv ii.126.4 ; 127.8 ; 128.13 ; 129.15 (in all these tiktāl°); 232.3 ; °bu-śreṇi, row of gourds (used as a raft), Mv iii.68.6 (°iyaṃ, acc. sg. ); 78.3 (°iyo, acc. pl. ). Initial ā in one ms. iii.68.6 ; short a iii.78.3 , and Senart with v.l. 68.6 (tiktalāmbu mss. ii.129.15 ); otherwise saṃdhi makes quantity undetermined. In second syllable mss. regularly -āmb-; -amb- only ii.232.3 ; -āb- in one ms. only ii.126.4 ; iii.68.6 ; Senart usually prints -āb-.