a branch Vin.i.28; MN.i.135; AN.i.152; AN.ii.165 AN.ii.200 sq.; AN.iii.19, AN.iii.43 sq., AN.iii.200; AN.iv.99, AN.iv.336; AN.v.314 sq.; Snp.791; Ja.v.393; Ja.ii.44; a spur of a hill AN.i.243; AN.ii.140; Mil.36; also sākha (nt.) Mhvs.1, Mhvs.55; Ja.i.52; Ja.iv.350; Ja.i.164 (? yāva aggasākhā)
■ the rib of a parasol Snp.688. adj. sīla-sākha-pasākha whose branches and boughs are like the virtues Ja.vi.324. In compounds sākha˚ & sākhā˚.
- -nagaraka “little town in the branches,” i.e. a suburb, a small town DN.ii.146; Ja.i.391.
- -patta-palāsa branches and foliage AN.iii.44;
- -patta-phal’upeta with branches, leaves & fruit AN.iii.43.
- -palāsa id. MN.i.488; AN.ii.200.
- -bhaṅga faggots Ja.i.158; Ja.iii.407; Dhp-a.ii.204 Dhp-a.iii.375.
- -miga a monkey Ja.ii.73;
- -ssita living upon branches (i.e. monkey) Ja.v.233.
Vedic śākhā, cp. also śanku stick, & Goth. hōha plough