Kalāya a kind of pea, the chick-pea M I 245 (kaḷāya); S I 150; A V 170; Snp page 124; Ja II 75 (= varaka, the bean Phaseolus trilobus, and kālarāja-māsa); Ja III 370; Dhp-a I,319. Its size may be gathered from its relation to other fruits in ascending scale at A V 170 = S I 150 = Snp page 124 (where the size of an ever-increasing boil is described). It is larger than a kidney bean (mugga) and smaller than the kernel of the jujube (kolaṭṭhi). -matta of the size of a chick-pea S I 150; A V 170; Snp 124 (ḷ); Ja III 370; Dhp-a I 319.
(masc, masc) chickpea; Cicer arietinum