Gaṇḍa
Gaṇḍa,[a variation of gaṇṭha (-i),in both meanings of (1) swelling,knot,protuberance,and (2) the interstice between two knots or the whole of the knotty object,i.e.stem,stalk]--1.a swelling,esp.as a disease,an abscess,a boil.Freq.in similes with ref.to kāma and kāya.Mentioned with similar cutaneous diseases under kilāsa (q.v.for loci).As Ep.of kāya S.IV,83=A.IV,386,of kāmā A.III,310,IV.289; Nd2 on Sn.51; also Th.2,491 (=dukkhatā sūlaya ThA.288); S.IV,64 (=ejā); Sn.51,61 (v.l.for gaḷa); J.I,293; Vism.360 (°pilakā); DhA.III,297 (gaṇḍ-ā-gaṇḍajāta,covered with all kinds of boils); IV,175; PvA.55.Cp.Av.S.II,1681.-- 2.a stalk,a shaft,in N.of a plant --°tindu-rukkha J.V,99,and in der.gaṇḍikā & gaṇḍī,cp.also Av.S.II,13312.‹-› 3.=gaṇḍuppāda in cpd.gaṇḍamattikā clay mixed with earth-worms Vin.II,151 (cp.Bdhgh.gaṇḍuppādagūtha-mattikā clay mixed with excrement of earthworms Vin.Texts III,172).
--uppāda (lit.producing upheavals,cp.a mole) an earth-worm,classed as a very low creature with kīṭā & puḷavā at M.III,168; J.V,210 (°pāṇa); DhA.III,361 (°yoni); SnA 317.(Page 241)