Leḍḍu
Leḍḍu,[dial.Sk.leṣṭu›*leṭṭhu›*leṭṭu›leḍḍu; also Prk.leḍu & leṭṭhu:Pischel,§ 304; cp.Geiger,P.Gr.§ 62] a clod of earth S.V,146=J.II,59 (°ṭṭhāna); J.I,19,175; III,16; VI,405; Miln.255; SnA 222 (ākāse khitta,in simile); Vism.28 (trsln “stone”),360 (°khaṇḍ’ādīni),366 (containing gold),419; VbhA.66 (°khaṇḍā); VvA.141; PvA.284.-- The throwing of clods (stones?) is a standing item in the infliction of punishments,where it is grouped with daṇḍa (stick) and sattha (sword),or as leḍḍu-daṇḍ’ādi,e.g.at M.I,123; D.II,336,338 (v.l.leṇḍu); J.II,77; III,16; VI,350; Vism.419; DhA.I,399 (v.l.leṇḍu); III,41; IV,77; VvA.141.-- Note.leḍḍūpaka in cuṇṇaṁ vā telaṁ vā leḍḍūpakena etc.at DhsA.115 read as vālaṇḍupakena,as at Vism.142.
--pāta “throw of a clod,” a certain measure of (not too far) a distance Vin.IV,40; Vism.72; DhsA.315 (trsln “a stone’s throw”).(Page 586)