Taṇḍula
					
					Taṇḍula,(*Sk.taṇḍula:dialectical] rice-grain,rice husked & ready for boiling; freq.combd with tila (q.v.) in mentioning of offerings,presentations,etc.:loṇaṁ telaṁ taṇḍulaṁ khādaniyaṁ sakaṭesu āropetvā Vin.I,220,238,243,249; talitaṇḍulâdayo J.III,53; PvA.105.-- Vin.I,244; A.I,130; J.I,255; III,55,425 (taṇḍulāni metri causa); VI,365 (mūla° coarse r.,majjhima° medium r.,kaṇikā the finest grain); Sn.295; Pug.32; DhA.I,395 (sāli-taṇḍula husked rice); DA.I,93.Cp.ut°.
  --ammaṇa a measure (handful?) of rice J.II,436.--dona a rice-vat or rice-bowl DhA.IV,15; --pāladvārā “doors (i.e.house) of the rice-guard” Npl.M.II,185; --muṭṭhi a handful of rice PvA.131; --homa an oblation of rice D.I,9.(Page 294)