Velā
Velā,(f.) [Vedic velā in meaning 1; Ep.Sk.in meanings 2 & 3] -- 1.time,point of time (often equal to kāla) Pug.13 (uḍḍahana°); J.IV,294; Miln.87; KhA 181; PugA 187; SnA 111 (bhatta° meal-time); DhsA.219; PvA.61,104,109 (aruṇ’uggamana°),129,155; VvA.165 (paccūsa° in the early morning).-- 2.shore,sea-shore Vin.II,237=A.IV,198; J.I,212; Mhvs 19,30.-- 3.limit,boundary A.V,250 (between v.& agyāgāra); Th.1,762; Miln.358; DhsA.219; in spec.sense as “measure,” restriction,control (of character,sīla-velā) at Dhs.299 (“not to trespass” trsln),and in dogmatic exegesis of ativelaṁ at Nd1 504; cp.Nd2 462 & DhsA.219.-- 4.heap,multitude (?) DhsA.219 (in Npl.Uruvelā which is however *Uruvilvā).(Page 650)