Aru (nt.) [Vedic aruḥ, unknown etym.] a wound, a sore, only in cpds.: ˚kāya a heap of sores M ii.64 = Dh 147 = Th 1, 769 (= navannaŋ vaṇamukhānaŋ vasena arubhūta kāya DhA iii.109 = VvA 77); ˚gatta (adj.) with wounds in the body M i.506 (+ pakka -- gatta); Miln 357 (id); ˚pakka decaying with sores S iv.198 (˚āni gattāni); ˚bhūta consisting of wounds, a mass of wounds VvA 77 = DhA iii.109.