masculine, neuter · cuṇṇa 1 · cuṇṇa 2
powder
Cuṇṇa [Sanskrit cūrṇa, past participle of carvati, to chew, to °sqer to cut, break up, as in Latin caro, Sanskrit kr̥ṇāti (cf. kaṭu); cp Lithuanian kirwis axe, Latin scrūpus sharp stone, scrupulus, scortum. See also calaka 2 and cf. Sanskrit kṣunna of kṣud to grind, to which probably Pāli kuḍḍa] 1. past participle broken up, powdered; only in compound °vicuṇṇa crushed to bits, smashed up, piecemeal Ja I 73; II 120, 159, 216; III 74. 2. (neuter) (a) any hard substance ground into a powder; dust, sand Ja I 216; Vv-a 65 (paṃsu°); Pv III 3 3 (suvaṇṇa° gold-dust; Pv-a 189 = vālikā); Sv I 245 (the same); As 12. (b) especially "chunam" (Anglo-Indian) i.e. a plaster of which quicklime and sand are the chief ingredients and which is largely used in building, but also applied to the skin as a sort of soap-powder in bathing. Often combined with mattikā clay, in distinction of which c. is for delicate use (tender skin), whereas m. for rougher purposes (see Vin I 202); cuṇṇāni bhesajjāni an application of c. Vin I 202. — Vin I 47 = 52; II 220, 224 f.; A I 208; III 25; Ja V 89. cuṇṇa-tela-vālaṇḍupaka Vism 142 (where As 115 reads cuṇṇaṃ vā telaṃ vā leḍḍūpaka). — nahāniya° D I 74 = M III 92; Pv-a 46; na-hāna° Ja II 403, 404. — gandha-cuṇṇa aromatic (bath) powder Ja I 87, 290; III 276; candana° the same Miln 13, 18. ° iṭṭhaka° plaster (which is rubbed on the head of one to be executed) Pv-a 4, cf. Mr̥cch X, beginning (stanza 5) "piṣṭa-cūrṇāvakīrṇaśca puruṣo'haṃ paśūkr̥taḥ". {242} -cālanī a mortar for the preparation of chunam Vin I 202; -piṇḍa a lump of ch. Vin III 260; IV 154 f.
powder; chunam; powder used, mixed with water for washing/bathing
【中】 粉，石膏（主要的成分是哪一生石灰和沙子；主要地被用於建 築物，但是也適用於皮膚當做一種肥皂—在沐浴方面搽粉於），肥皂粉。~vicuṇṇa,【形】 壓碎，粉碎。
(nt, nt, in comps, from cuṇṇeti) powder; spice powder powder, chunam Construction: √cuṇṇ + a
(nt, nt, from cuṇṇeti) soap; soap-powder soap-powder [lit.] powder Construction: √cuṇṇ + a
(nt, nt, from cuṇṇeti) (gram) prose Construction: √cuṇṇ + a