sākhā [vedic śākhā, cp. also śanku stick, & goth. hōha plough] a branch vin i.28; m i.135; a i.152; ii.165, 200 sq.; iii.19, 43 sq., 200; iv.99, 336; v.314 sq.; sn 791; j v.393; j ii.44; a spur of a hill a i.243; ii.140; miln 36; also sākha (nt.) mhvs 1, 55; j i.52; iv.350; j i.164 (? yāva aggasākhā). -- the rib of a parasol sn 688. <-> adj. sīla -- sākha -- pasākha whose branches and boughs are like the virtues j vi.324. in cpds. sākha˚ & sākhā˚.   -- nagaraka "little town in the branches," i. e. a suburb, a small town d ii.146; j i.391. -- patta -- palāsa branches and foliage a iii.44; -- patta -- phal'upeta with branches, leaves & fruit a iii.43. -- palāsa id. m i.488; a ii.200. -- bhanga faggots j i.158; iii.407; dha ii.204; iii.375. -- miga a monkey j ii.73; -- ssita living upon branches (i. e. monkey) j v.233.