feminine
Kaṇḍu 1 (feminine) [perhaps from °kanad to bite, scratch; cf. Sanskrit kandara, Greek κναδάλλω to bite, κνώδων, κνώδαλον, etc., Sanskrit kaṇḍu masculine and f.] the itch, itching, itchy feeling, desire to scratch Vin I 202, 296; Ja V 198; Vism 345. kaṇḍuṃ karoti to make or cause to itch Ja V 198; vineti to allay the itch, to scratch Ja V 199. — (figurative) worldly attachment, irritation caused by the lusts, in "kaṇḍuṃ saṃhanti" (as result of jhāna) A IV 437. -uppala a kind of lotus-blossom Dāṭh IV 48; -paṭicchādi an "itch-cloth," i.e. a covering allowed to the bhikkhus when suffering from itch or other cutaneous disease Vin I 296, 297; IV 171, 172; -rogin (adjective) suffering from the itch Khuddas 105. Kaṇḍu° 2 [= kaṇḍa in compounds] an arrow-shot (as measure), in sahassa-kaṇḍu sata-bheṇḍu Thag 164 = Ja II 334 (but the latter: sata-bhedo), explained at Thag 164 note by sahassakaṇḍo ti sahassa [sata?]-bhūmako, and at Ja II 334 by sahassa-kaṇḍubbedho ti pāsādo satabhūmiko ahosi; in preceding lines the expression used is "sahassa-kaṇḍagamanaṃ uccaṃ."
itching, an itch; the itch; an itching skin disease
(fem, fem) itch; rash; sore; (comm) small pimples itch Construction: √kaṇḍ + u