loRa · neuter · loṇa 1
salt
loṇa ( nt. ; = Pali id. , Skt. lavaṇa; Skt. Lex. id. in cpds. ), salt : so dāni loṇaṃ ca aloṇakaṃ ca … paribhuñjāsi (so mss. , Senart °asi) Mv iii.120.21 ( vs ); SP 114.8 ( vs ).
salt. (adjective), salty
Loṇa (neuter) [cf. Sanskrit lavaṇa, for which see also lavaṇa. The Prākrit form is loṇa] salt; as adjective, salty, of salt, alkaline. — Vin I 202 (loṇāni bhesajjāni alkaline medicine, among which are given sāmuddaṃ kāḷaloṇaṃ sindhavaṃ ubbhidaṃ bilaṃ as various kinds of salt), 220 = 243 (as flavouring, with tela, taṇḍula and khādaniya); A I 210, 250; IV 108; Miln 63; Dhp-a IV 176 (in simile see below); Vv-a 98, 100, 184 (aloṇa sukkha-kummāsa, unsalted). On loṇa in similes cf. JPTS 1907, 131. -ambila acid and salt Ja I 505; II 171, 394; -odaka salt water Ja VI 37; Vv-a 99 (°udaka); -kāra salt-maker Vin I 350 (°gāma); A II 182 (°dāraka); Ja VI 206 (-kara); Miln 331; -ghaṭa a pitcher with salt S II 276. See also appendix to Pj I 68 (in Snp Index 870, 871) on Vism passage with loṇaghaṭaka; -dhūpana salt-spicing Vibh-a 311 (viya sabba vyañjanesu; i.e. the strongest among all flavourings); -phala a crystal of (natural) salt [phala for phaṭa = °sphaṭa, cf. phalaka] A I 250 (in simile); -rasa alkaline taste A IV 199, 203; -sakkhara a salt crystal (cf. °phala), a (solid) piece of (natural) salt S II 276 (in simile, cf. A I 250); Pj II 222 (aggimhi pakkhitta l-s., in the same simile at Dhp-a IV 176: uddhane pakkhitta-loṇa); -sakkharikā a piece of salt-crystal, used as a caustic for healing wounds Vin I 206; -sovīraka salted sour gruel Vin I 210; Vv-a 99.
【中】 鹽。【形】 鹹味濃的。~kāra,【陽】 採鹽者。~dhūpana,【中】 加鹽作調味料。~phala,【中】 ~sakkharā,【陰】 鹽的結晶。
(adj, adj) salty salty
(nt, nt) sea-salt; brine salt