neuter salt; as adj., salty, of salt, alkaline- Vin.i.202 (loṇāni bhesajjāni alkaline medicine among which are given sāmuddaṃ kāḷaloṇaṃ sindhavaṃ ubbhidaṃ bilaṃ as var. kinds of salt), Vin.i.220 = Vin.i.243 (as flavouring, with tela, taṇḍula & khādaniya); AN.i.210 AN.i.250; AN.iv.108; Mil.63; Dhp-a.iv.176 (in simile see below) Vv-a.98, Vv-a.100, Vv-a.184 (aloṇa sukkha-kummāsa, unsalted) On loṇa in similes cp. J.P.T.S. 1907, 131.
- -ambila acid and salt Ja.i.505; Ja.ii.171, Ja.ii.394.
- -odaka salt water Ja.vi.37; Vv-a.99 (˚udaka).
- -kāra salt-maker Vin.i.350 (˚gāma); AN.ii.182 (˚dāraka); Ja.vi.206 (kara) Mil.331.
- -ghaṭa a pitcher with salt SN.ii.276. See also App. to Kp-a.68 (in Sn Index 870, 871) on Vism passage with loṇaghaṭaka.
- -dhūpana salt-spicing Vb-a.311 (viya sabba vyañjanesu; i.e. the strongest among all flavourings).
- -phala a crystal of (natural salt [phala for phaṭa = *sphaṭa, cp. phalaka] AN.i.250 (in simile).
- -rasa alkaline taste AN.iv.199, AN.iv.203.
- -sakkhara a salt crystal (cp. ˚phala), a (solid) piece of (natural) salt SN.ii.276 (in simile, cp. AN.i.250); Snp-a.222 (aggimhi pakkhitta l-s., in the same simile at Dhp-a.iv.176: uddhane pakkhitta-loṇa).
- -sakkharikā a piece of salt-crystal, used as a caustic for healing wounds Vin.i.206.
- -sovīraka salted sour gruel Vin.i.210; Vv-a.99. Lonika & Loniya;
cp. Sk. lavaṇa, for which see also lavaṇa. The Prk. form is loṇa