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aṇḍa

, n. (m., see under b) [sa. ăṇḍa; Kacc-v 665]
(a), an egg, Abh 627; nom. acc. ~ aṁ, Ja III 269,9*;
IV 333,8 (~aṁ pātetvā) foll.; Mil 49,21 (:kalala);
51,6 (kukkuṭiyā aṇḍam aṇdato kukkuṭī, cf. Plutarchus
Quæst. conviv.
Ill 3); n. pl. ~āni, Vin III 3,31 (a
simile:
kukkutiyā ~) = MN I 104,3 = 357,6 = AN
IV 125,19 = 176,7 = SN III 153,14; also of insects,
Ps II 348,18 (Ck aṇḍakāni); — (b) pl. (m., cf. the ved.
dual
āṇḍau) the testicles Abh 273, 1092; acc. pl. ~ e
SN II 258,13 (cf. kumbhaṇḍa and aṇḍabhāri(n) =
Vin III 106,32; instr. ~ eh'i,' MN I 383,1; 5 (cf. aṇḍa-
hāraka). — Ifc. v. kumbha°, camma°, (phala°),
mora , vāta°, cf. aṇḍī, below, and apuccaṇdatā.