Salākā
Salākā,(f.) [cp.Vedic śalākā] 1.an arrow,a dart A iv.107 (T.has it as nt.).-- 2.a small stick,peg,thin bar S iv.168; Dāvs iv.51.-- 3.blade of a grass M i.79; J i.439.-- 4.ribs of a parasol Vin iv.338; SnA 487; Miln.226.-- 5.a pencil,small stick (used in painting the eyes with collyrium) Vin i.204; J iii.419 (añjana˚).‹-› 6.a kind of needle Vin ii.116.-- 7.a kind of surgical instrument,a stick of caustic Miln.112,149.-- 8.a gong stick (of bronze,loha˚) J ii.342; Vism.283.-- 9.membrum virile J ii.359.-- 10.a ticket consisting of slips of wood used in voting and distributing food,vote,lot Vin ii.99,176,306; J i.123; PvA.272 (kāḷakaṇṇi˚); salākaŋ gaṇhāti to take tickets (in order to vote or to be counted) Vin i.117; ii.199; paṭhaman salākaŋ gaṇhanto taking the first vote,first rate A i.24; salākaŋ gāheti to issue tickets,to take a vote Vin ii.205; salākaŋ dadāti to issue tickets J i.123; salākaŋ vāreti to throw lots J i.239 (kāḷakaṇṇi˚).
-- agga room for distributing food by tickets J i.123; Mhvs 15,205.-- odhāniya a case for the ointment -- stick Vin i.204.-- gāha taking of votes,voting Vin ii.85,98 sq.(3 kinds).-- gāhāpaka ticket -- issuer,taker of voting tickets Vin ii.84.-- bhatta food to be distributed by tickets Vin i.58,96; ii.175; J i.123; DhA i.53 (eight kinds).-- vātapāna a window made with slips of wood Vin ii.148.-- vutta "subsisting on blades of grass" (or "by means of food tickets"?) Vin iii.6,67; iv.23; A i.160; S iv.323.Cp.BSk.śalākāvṛtti Divy 131.-- hattha brush -- hand,a kind of play,where the hand is dipped in lac or dye and used as a brush (?) D i.65; DA.i.85.(Page 699)