Kūpa
Kūpa,(m.) [Vedic kūpa,orig.curvature viz.(a) interior= cavity,cp.Lat.cupa,Gr.ku/pellon cup; also Gr.ku/mbh,Sk.kumbha; -- (b) exterior=heap,cp.Ags.hēap,Ohg.heap,Sk.kūpa mast].1.a pit,a cavity:akkhi° the socket of the eye M.I,80,245; DhsA.306; gūtha° a cesspool D.II,324; Sn.279; Pv.II,316; Pug.36; miḷha° a pit for evacuations Pgdp 23,24; loma° the root of the hair,a pore of the skin DA.I,57; Vism.262,360; also in na loma-kūpamattaṁ pi not even a hairroot J.I,31; III,55; vacca°=gūtha° Vin.II,141,222.As a tank or a well:J.VI,213; VvA.305.-- 2.the mast of a boat J.III,126; Miln.363,378.See next.
--khaṇa one who digs a pit J.VI,213.--tala the floor of a pit Vism.362.(Page 225)