Kaṇḍa
Kaṇḍa,(m.nt.) [perhaps as *kaldno fr.*kalad to break,cp.Gr.kladarόs,Lat.clades,etc.,Sk.kāṇḍa.See also khagga and khaṇḍa] 1.the portion of a stalk or cane between one knot and another; the whole stalk or shaft; the shaft of an arrow,an arrow in general M.I,429 (two kinds of arrows:kaccha & ropima,cp.kaṇḍa-cittaka); J.I,150; II,91; III,273; V,39; Miln.44,73; Mhvs 25,89.As arrow also in the “Tell” story of Culladhanuggaha at J.III,220 & DhA.IV,66.‹-› 2.a section,portion or paragraph of a book DA.I,12; Pgdp 161.-- 3.a small portion,a bit or lump DhA.I,134 (pūva°); Mhvs 17,35.-- 4.kaṇḍaṁ (adv.) a portion of time,for a while,a little Pgdp 36.-- See also khaṇḍa,with which it is often confounded.Der.upa-kaṇḍakin (adj.) (thin) like a stalk or arrow Pv.II.113 (of a Petī).
--gamana the going of an arrow,i.e.the distance covered by an arrow in flight,a bow-shot J.II,334; cp.kaṇḍu.--cittaka (Sk.kāṇḍa-citraka) an excellent arrow A.II,202.--nāḷī a quiver J.III,220.--pahāra an arrow-shot,arrow-wound Miln.16 (ekena k-paharena dve mahākāyā padālitā “two birds killed with one stone”),73.--vāraṇa (adj.) warding off arrows,appl.to a shield J.VI,592 (nt.); a shield J.IV,366.(Page 179)