Nala & Naḷa [Ved. naḍa & Sk. naḷa, with dial. ḍ (ḷ) for *narda, cp. Gr. na/rdhc] a species of reed; reed in general Vin iv.35; A ii.73; Dh 337; Nd2 680ii; Ji.223; iv.141, 396 (n. va chinno); Pv i.116 (id.); DhA iii.156; iv.43. See also nāḷa, nāḷī & nāḷikā.   -- âgāra a house built of reeds S i.156; iv.185 (+tiṇāgāra); A i.101 (+tiṇāgāra); Nd2 40d (id.), Miln 245; cp. AvŚ Index ii.228 (naḍāgāra); -- aggi a fire of reeds J vi.100 (˚vaṇṇaŋ pabbataŋ); -- kalāpī a bundle of r. S ii.114; -- kāra a worker in reeds, basket -- maker; D i.51 (+pesakāra & kumbhakāra); J v.291; ThA 28; PvA 175 (+vilīvakāra); DhA i.177; -- daṇḍaka a shaft of r. J i.170; -- maya made of r. Vin ii.115; -- vana a thicket of reeds J iv.140; Miln 342; -- sannibha reedcoloured J vi.537 (Com.: naḷa -- puppha -- vaṇṇa rukkhasunakha); -- setu a bridge of reeds Sn 4.