ploti , f. , see also next, and -plotika , ifc. Bhvr. (= pilotika , q.v. ; Skt. ploti, piece of cloth , so read with Gaṇapati Sastri for plauti of Shama Sastri, Kauṭ. Arth., Shama S.¹ 80.9 , in ii.11 ; also Skt. plota; both for *proti, *prota, from Skt. pra-vayati; note the denom. ger. protayitvā, implying protayati, thrice in KātyŚrS , see BR ; this seems to mean having fastened, tied on or in , which implies a meaning like that here suggested for the underlying noun *proti or *prota), seems to mean cord , as connecting link or bond : chiefly in karma-ploti, e.g. pūrvikā °tir vyākṛtā bhavati Divy 150.24 , the previous action (binding-)cord has been explained ; so, regularly with forms of vyākaroti, Divy 87.8 ; 89.5 ; 241.25—26 ; Av i.242.9 ; 244.1 ; 246.11 et alibi ; Mārāś ca Mārakarmāṇi ca karmaplotayaś ca Laṅk 240.11 (as matters of which an explanation is asked); -plotika alone in chinna-°kaḥ, ep. of dharma, Mvy 1306 ; Av ii.106.11 ; Tib. on Mvy rgyun ma (? rgyun = srotas, stream, continuity ; error for rgyu , cause? cf. Chin. ) bcad pa ( cut ); Chin. having cut off causes ; Jap. cut off ties or bonds of karman . Also (chinna-) pilotika , q.v. Both Mvy and Av use this cpd. in a cliché occurring in Pali , e.g. MN i.141.21 ; here the comm. ii.119.19 ff. explains chinna-pilotiko (of dhammo) as having its rags cut off , like a fresh garment ( cf. pilotika , 1), but he offers two different, and equally fantastic, explanations of the specific application of the term, and gives the impression that he is merely guessing.