Velli
Velli，[dial．?] is a word peculiar to the Jātaka．At one passage it is expld by the Commentary as “vedi” （i．e．rail，cornice），where it is applied to the slender waist of a woman （cp．vilāka & vilaggita）：J．VI，456．At most of the other passages it is expld as “a heap of gold”：thus at J．V，506 （verse：velli-vilāka-majjhā； C．：“ettha vellī ti rāsi vilākamajjhā ti vilagga-majjhā uttattaghana-suvaṇṇa-rāsi-ppabhā c’eva tanu-dīgha-majjhā ca”），and VI，269 （verse：kañcana-velli-viggaha； C．：“suvaṇṇa-rāsi-sassirīka-sarīrā”）．At V，398 in the same passage as VI，269 expld in C．as “kañcana-rūpakasadisa-sarīrā”）．The idea of “golden” is connected with it throughout．（Page 650）