Kheḷa
Kheḷa,[Sk.kheṭa,cp.kṣveḍa and śleṣma,P.silesuma.See also kilid & kilis,cp.ukkheṭita.On root khela see keḷanā; it is given by Dhtp 279 in meaning “calana.” The latter (khela) has of course nothing to do with kheḷa] phlegm,saliva,foam; usually with siṅghānikā mucus,sometimes in the sense of perspiration,sweat A.I,34; IV,137; Sn.196 (+siṅgh°); Kh II.=Miln.26 (cp.Vism.263 in detail,& KhA 66); J.I,61; IV,23; VI,367; Vism.259,343 (+siṅghāṇikā),362; DhA.III,181; IV,20,170; Pv.II,23 as food for Petas,cp.Av.S.I.279 (kheṭamūtropajīvinī; II,113:kheṭavadutsṛjya); PvA.80 (=niṭṭhubhana).
--kilinna wet with exudation J.I,164; --mallaka a spitting box,a cuspidor Vin.I,48; II,175,209 sq.; --siṅghānikā phlegm & mucus DhA.I,50.(Page 239)