वेलु (velu)
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Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
Englishvelu,
(1) m., f., or nt., a high number: veluḥ Mvy 〔7889〕 = Tib. dus rlabs, cited from Gv 〔133.20〕 where velu (nt.)
cf. vela, velā (2)
(2) (= Pali id., bamboo, acc. to Childers also flute
Skt. veṇu, both mgs.), bamboo
bamboo-stick: so pi … ikṣustambo mahanto velupramāṇo ikṣu saṃjāto Mv 〔ii.421.18〕 (of the size of a bamboo stick)
flute: velum Mv 〔iii.82.5〕 (vs), acc. sg., in a list of musical instruments
so mss., Senart em. veṇuṃ
perhaps, read velusmiṃ (pi) in Mv 〔ii.423.16〕 for Senart veluṣi (which Index derives from velu), mss. veruṣi, loc. sg., after dhanuṣi pi, in a list of arts learned by a prince, in (playing) the flute (?)
in a very similar list 〔ii.434.12〕 Senart reads dhanusmiṃ pi veṇusmiṃ pi, but for the latter, mss. cekasmiṃ, or cakasmiṃ, pi.
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