Salla
Salla,(nt.) [Vedic śalya,cp.śalākā] an arrow,dart M i.429 (˚ŋ āharati to remove the a); ii.216; S iv.206; J i.180; v.49; Sn.331,767; Miln.112; Vism.503 (visa˚ sting of poison; cp.VbhA.104 sallaŋ viya vitujjati); often metaphorically of the piercing sting of craving,evil,sorrow etc.,e.g.antodosa˚ Miln.323; taṇhā˚ S i.40,192; bhava˚ Dh.351; rāga˚ DhA iii.404; PvA.230; soka˚ Sn.985; Pv i.86; KhA 153.Cp.also D ii.283; Sn.51,334,938; J i.155; iii.157; DhA iv.70.At Nd1 59 seven such stings are given with rāga˚,dosa˚,moha˚,māna˚,diṭṭhi˚,soka˚,kathaṅkathā˚.-- abhūḷha˚ one whose sting of craving or attachment is pulled out D ii.283; Sn.593; J iii.390; Pv i.87 etc.(see abbūḷha).‹-› Cp.vi˚.
-- katta [*kartṛ cp.Geiger P.Gr.§ 90,4] "one who works on the (poisoned) arrow," i.e.a surgeon M i.429; ii.216; Sn.562; It.101; Miln.110,169; Vism.136 (in simile); KhA 21 (id.).The Buddha is the best surgeon:Sn.560; Miln.215.-- kattiya surgery D i.12 (T.˚ka); DA.i.98.-- bandhana at Th.2,347 take as salla+ bandhana "arrow & prison bond" (ThA.242 different).-- viddha pierced by an arrow Th.1,967; Sn.331; cp.ruppati.-- santhana removal of the sting Dh.275 (=nimmathana abbāhana DhA iii.404).(Page 699)