masculine
nala m. ( cf. naqa/ , naLa/ ) a species of reed, Amphidonax Karka (8-12 feet high), Gobh. ; MBh. &c.
a species of read; great reed, arundo donax l; reed; rushes; reeds in general
Nala and Naḷa [Vedic naḍa and Sanskrit naḷa, with dialect ḍ (ḷ)] a species of reed; reed in general Vin IV 35; A II 73; Dhp 337; Nidd II §680 II; Ja I 223; IV 141, 396 (n. va chinno); Pv I 11 6 (the same); Dhp-a III 156; IV 43. See also nāḷa, nāḷī and nāḷikā. -āgāra a house built of reeds S I 156; IV 185 (+ tiṇāgāra); A I 101 (+ tiṇāgāra); Nidd II §40 d (the same), Miln 245; cf. Avś Index II 228 (naḍāgāra); -aggi a fire of reeds Ja VI 100 (°vaṇṇaṃ pabbataṃ); -kalāpī a bundle of r. S II 114; -kāra a worker in reeds, basket-maker; D I 51 (+ pesakāra and kumbhakāra); Ja V 291; Thig-a 28; Pv-a 175 (+ vilīvakāra); Dhp-a I 177; -daṇḍaka a shaft of r. Ja I 170; -maya made of r. Vin II 115; -vana a thicket of reeds Ja IV 140; Miln 342; -sannibha reed-coloured Ja VI 537 (commentary: naḷa-puppha-vaṇṇa rukkha-sunakha); -setu a bridge of reeds Snp 4.