Cuṇṇa
Cuṇṇa,[Sk.cūrṇa,pp.of carvati,to chew,to *sqer to cut,break up,as in Lat.caro,Sk.kṛṇāti (cp.kaṭu); cp Lit.kirwis axe,Lat.scrūpus sharp stone,scrupulus,scortum.See also calaka2 & cp.Sk.kṣunna of kṣud to grind,to which prob.P.kuḍḍa] 1.pp.broken up,powdered; only in cpd.°vicuṇṇa crushed to bits,smashed up,piecemeal J.I,73; II,120,159,216; III,74.-- 2.(nt.) (a) any hard substance ground into a powder; dust,sand J.I,216; VvA.65 (paṁsu°); Pv III,33 (suvaṇṇa° gold-dust; PvA.189=vālikā); DA.I,245 (id.); DhsA.12.-- (b) esp.“chunam” (Anglo-Ind.) i.e.a plaster,of which quicklime & sand are the chief ingredients & which is largely used in building,but also applied to the skin as a sort of soap-powder in bathing.Often combd with mattikā clay,in distinction of which c.is for delicate use (tender skin),whereas m.for rougher purposes (see Vin.I,202); cuṇṇāni bhesajjāni an application of c.Vin.I,202.-- Vin.I,47=52; II,220,224 sq.; A.I,208; III,25; J.V,89.cuṇṇa-tela-vālaṇḍupaka Vism.142 (where Asl 115 reads cuṇṇaṁ vā telaṁ vā leḍḍūpaka).-- nahāniya° D.I,74=M.III,92; PvA.46; na- hāna° J.II,403,404.-- gandha --cuṇṇa aromatic (bath) powder J.I,87,290; III,276; candana° id.Miln.13,18.-- iṭṭhaka° plaster (which is rubbed on the head of one to be executed) PvA.4,cp.Mṛcchakaṭika X,beginning (stanza 5) “piṣṭa-cūrṇâvakīrṇaśca puruṣo ‘haṁ paśūkṛtaḥ.”
--cālanī a mortar for the preparation of chunam Vin.I,202; --piṇḍa a lump of ch.Vin.III,260; IV,154 sq.(Page 270)