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					Gaṇṭhikā,(f.) (freq.spelled gaṇḍikā,q.v.)=gaṇṭhi,viz.1.a knot,a tie DA.I,199 (catu-pañca-gaṇṭhik’āhata patta a bowl with 4 or 5 knots,similarly āṇi-gaṇṭhik’‹-› āhata ayopatta Vism.108; but see āṇi); DhA.I,335 (°jāta=gaṇṭhijāta knotty part),394.-- 2.a block (or is it knot?) Vin.II,136 (?+pāsaka; cp.Vin.Texts III,144); V,140.Esp.in phrase gaṇṭhikaṁ paṭimuñcitvā Vin.I,46= II.213,215,trsld at Vin.Texts III,286 “fasten the block on (to the robe)” but at I.155 “tie the knots.” Also in dhamma-gaṇṭhikā a block for execution J.I,150 (v.l.gaṇḍikā).-- 3.N.of a plant PvA.127.-- ucchugaṇṭhikā sugar cane:see ucchu.
  --kāsāva a yellow robe which was to be tied (or which had a block?) J.IV,446.(Page 241)