Uñcha
Uñcha,& Uñchā (f.) [Sk.uñcha & uñchana,to uñch.Neumann’s etym.uñchā = E.ounce,Ger.unze (Majjhima trsl.2 II.682) is incorrect,see Walde Lat.Wtb.under uncia] anything gathered for sustenance,gleaning S.II,281; A.I,36; III,66 sq.,104; Vin.III,87; Sn.977; Th.2,329,349; J.III,389; IV,23,28,434,471 (°ya,Dat.= phalâphal’atthāya C.); ThA.235,242.Cp.samuñchaka.
--cariyā wandering for,or on search for gleaning,J.II,272; III,37,515; V,3; DA.I,270; VvA.103; ThA.208.--cārika (adj.) going about after gleanings,one of 8 kinds of tāpasā SnA 295 (cp.DA.I,270,271).--patta the gleaning-bowl,in phrase uñchāpattāgate rato “fond of that which has come into the gl.b.” Th.1,155 = Pv IV.73 (= uñchena bhikkhācārena laddhe pattagate āhāre rato PvA.265; trsld. in Psalms of Brethren “contented with whatever fills the bowl”).aññāt°,marked off as discarded (goods) S.II,281,so S A.(Page 128)