pIluH [ pIl-u ] 1 An arrow. 2 An atom. 3 An insect. 4 An elephant. 5 The stem of the palm. 6 A flower. 7 A group of palm trees. 8 A kind of tree. 9 A heap of bones. 10 The central part of the hand. — lu n. The fruit of the Pīlu tree Comp. — patraH the Mūrvā plant. — parRI 1 a kind of drug. 2 N. of two plants. — pAkavAdin m. a Vaiśeshika (one who maintains the doctrine that heat acts only on the atoms of matter, as of a jar, and not on the whole body).