alinda (1987)

alinda
Entry 1987, Page 68, Col. 1

(alinda, alinda)
alinda¦, nt. (= AMg. id., rendered by Hindi kūṃṛā and Eng. a round tub-like vessel; cf. also next), a kind of dish (v.l. sometimes aliṇḍa): Mv ii.461.21 mahāntam alindam odanasya (dinnam); similarly 462.3, 12, 13 (in the last two read alindam odanasya instead of Senart's reading). Regularly a receptacle for soft food, esp. odana, gruel.