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bila

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Bila2 (nt.) [identical with bila1] a part, bit J vi.153 (˚sataŋ 100 pieces); abl. bilaso (adv.) bit by bit M i.58=iii.91 (v. l. vilaso). At J v.90 in cpd. migābilaŋ(maŋsaŋ) it is doubtful whether we should read mig'ābilaŋ (thus, as we have done, taking ābila=āvila), or migā -- bilaŋ with a lengthened metri causâ, as the C. seems to take it (migehi khādita -- maŋsato atirittaŋ koṭṭhāsaŋ).

 -- kata cut into pieces, made into bits J v.266 (read macchā bilakatā yathā for macchābhīlā katā y.). The C. here (p. 272) expls as koṭṭhāsa -- kata; at Jvi.111 however the same phrase is interpreted as puñja -- kata, i. e. thrown into a heap (like fish caught by a fisherman in nets). Both passages are applied to fish and refer to tortures in Niraya.