Kilañjā (feminine) a mat of fibre or rushes, matting Vism 327; also a screen, a fascine, hurdle, faggots; a crate, crating: tassa gandhabbaṃ kilañjā-kaṇḍūvanaṃ viya hutvā ... Ja II 249; "his music was like the scraping of a mat"; suvaṇṇa-kilañjā a gilt mat Ja IV 212. As a fascine, used in making a road: Dhp-a I 442. as a screen (combined with chatta, fan) Pv-a 127; as faggots: Ja I 158; Miln 287; as a crate or basket, used by distillers: M I 228 = 374 (soṇḍikā-kilañjā) (cf. the translation under soṇḍa in JPTS 1909); to which is likened the hood of a snake: S I 106 (snake = māra).