Kaṇḍu
Kaṇḍu,1 (f.) [perhaps from *kanad to bite,scratch; cp.Sk.kandara,Gr.knadaλlw to bite,knw/dwn,knw/dalon,etc.,Sk.kaṇḍu m.& f.] the itch,itching,itchy feeling,desire to scratch Vin.I,202,296; J.V.198; Vism.345.kaṇḍuṁ karoti to make or cause to itch J.V,198; vineti to allay the itch,to scratch J.V,199.-(fig.) worldly attachment,irritation caused by the lusts,in “kaṇḍuṁ saṁhanti” (as result of jhāna) A.IV,437.
--uppala a kind of lotus-blossom Dāvs.IV,48; --paṭicchādi an “itch-cloth,” i.e.a covering allowed to the bhikkhus when suffering from itch or other cutaneous disease Vin.I,296,297; IV,171,172.--rogin (adj.) suffering from the itch Khus 105.(Page 179)