Nala
Nala,& Naḷa [Ved.naḍa & Sk.naḷa,with dial.ḍ(ḷ) for *narda,cp.Gr.naρdhc] a species of reed; reed in general Vin.IV,35; A.II,73; Dh.337; Nd2 680II; J.I,223; IV,141,396 (n.va chinno); Pv.I,116 (id.); DhA.III,156; IV,43.See also nāḷa,nāḷī & nāḷikā.
--âgāra a house built of reeds S.I,156; IV,185 (+tiṇāgāra); A.I,101 (+tiṇāgāra); Nd2 40d (id.),Miln.245; cp.AvŚ Index II.228 (naḍāgāra); --aggi a fire of reeds J.VI,100 (°vaṇṇaṁ pabbataṁ); --kalāpī a bundle of r.S.II,114; --kāra a worker in reeds,basket-maker; D.I,51 (+pesakāra & kumbhakāra); J.V,291; ThA.28; PvA.175 (+vilīvakāra); DhA.I,177; --daṇḍaka a shaft of r.J.I,170; --maya made of r.Vin.II,115; --vana a thicket of reeds J.IV,140; Miln.342; --sannibha reedcoloured J.VI,537 (Com.:naḷa-puppha-vaṇṇa rukkhasunakha); --setu a bridge of reeds Sn.4.(Page 347)