masculine
parched corn
parched corn
Lāja and Lājā (feminine) [cf. Vedic lāja: Zimmer, Altind. Leben 269] 1. fried grain, parched corn: occurring only in combination madhu-lāja fried grain with honey, sweet corn Ja III 538; IV 214, 281. 2. the flower of Dalbergia arborea, used for scattering in bunches (with other flowers making 5 kinds or colours) as a sign of welcome and greeting, usually in phrase lāja-pañcamāni pupphāni ("a cluster of flowers with lāja as the fifth") Dhp-a I 112; Vv-a 31; Ja I 55 (°pañcamakāni p.); cf. Ja II 240 (vippakiṇṇa-lāja-kusuma-maṇḍita-talā); VI 42 (vippakiṇṇa-lāja-kusuma-vāsa-dhūpandhakāra); Dhp-a I 140 (vippakiṇṇa-valikaṃ pañcavaṇṇa-kusuma-lāja-puṇṇaghaṭa-paṭimaṇḍita).
【陽】 1. 炒過的玉黍蜀。2. 印度黃檀（一種東印度群島 喬木 (Dalbergia sissoo)，其葉用作飼料）。~pañcamaka,【形】 以炒過的玉黍蜀爲第五個的。
(masc, masc) fried grain; parched corn parched corn