salla (nt.) [vedic śalya, cp. śalākā] an arrow, dart m i.429 (˚ŋ āharati to remove the a); ii.216; s iv.206; j i.180; v.49; sn 331, 767; miln 112; vism 503 (visa˚ sting of poison; cp. vbha 104 sallaŋ viya vitujjati); often metaphorically of the piercing sting of craving, evil, sorrow etc., e. g. antodosa˚ miln 323; taṇhā˚ s i.40, 192; bhava˚ dh 351; rāga˚ dha iii.404; pva 230; soka˚ sn 985; pv i.86; kha 153. cp. also d ii.283; sn 51, 334, 938; j i.155; iii.157; dha iv.70. at nd1 59 seven such stings are given with rāga˚, dosa˚, moha˚, māna˚, diṭṭhi˚, soka˚, kathankathā˚. -- abhūḷha˚ one whose sting of craving or attachment is pulled out d ii.283; sn 593; j iii.390; pv i.87 etc. (see abbūḷha). <-> cp. vi˚.   -- katta [*kartṛ cp. geiger p.gr. § 90, 4] "one who works on the (poisoned) arrow," i. e. a surgeon m i.429; ii.216; sn 562; it 101; miln 110, 169; vism 136 (in simile); kha 21 (id.). the buddha is the best surgeon: sn 560; miln 215. -- kattiya surgery d i.12 (t. ˚ka); da i.98. -- bandhana at th 2, 347 take as salla+ bandhana "arrow & prison bond" (tha 242 different). -- viddha pierced by an arrow th 1, 967; sn 331; cp. ruppati. -- santhana removal of the sting dh 275 (=nimmathana abbāhana dha iii.404).