feminine · sākhā 1 · sākhā 2
branch
a branch
Sākhā [Vedic śākhā, cf. also śaṅku stick, and Gothic hoha plough] a branch Vin I 28; M I 135; A I 152; II 165, 200 f.; III 19, 43 f., 200; IV 99, 336; V 314 f.; Snp 791; Ja V 393; Ja II 44; a spur of a hill A I 243; II 140; Miln 36; also sākha (neuter) Mhv 1, 55; Ja I 52; IV 350; Ja I 164 (? yāva aggasākhā). — the rib of a parasol Snp 688. adjective sīla-sākha-pasākha whose branches and boughs are like the virtues Ja VI 324. In compounds sākha° and sākhā°. -nagaraka "little town in the branches," i.e. a suburb, a small town D II 146; Ja I 391; -patta -palāsa branches and foliage A III 44; -patta -phalupeta with branches, leaves and fruit A III 43; -palāsa the same M I 488; A II 200; -bhaṅga faggots Ja I 158; III 407; Dhp-a II 204; III 375; -miga a monkey Ja II 73; -ssita living upon branches (i.e. monkey) Ja V 233.
【陰】 分枝。~nagara,【中】 市郊。~palāsa，【中】 樹枝和樹葉。~bhaṅga,【陽】 斷枝。~miga,【陽】 猴子。
(fem, fem) branch branch
(fem, fem) rivulet; creek; streamlet [lit.] branch