saṇa 2 · saṇa 1
Saṇa (neuter) [Vedic śaṇa; Greek κάνναβις = Latin cannabis; Ags haenep = English hemp; German hanf.] a kind of hemp D II 350 (v.l.); S I 115 (the same); cf. sāṇa 1 and sāṇī. -dhovika [perhaps (Kern's suggestion) sāṇa° (v.l.) = visāṇa°?] name of a particular kind of gambol of elephants in water M I 229, 375. Buddhaghosa at Sv I 84 uses the obscure term sāṇa-dhovana-kīḷā to denote a trick of Caṇḍālas. But see sandhovika.
(nt, nt) jute; Corchorus olitorius or Corchorus capsularis
(nt, nt) Madras hemp; Sunn hemp; Crotalaria juncea Madras hemp; Sunn hemp; Crotalaria juncea