Laṭṭhi (f.) [Sk. yaṣṭi, with l for y; also in Prk. see Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 255 & cp. Geiger, P. Gr. § 462. The doublet yaṭṭhi also in Pāli] 1. a staff, stick D i.105 (patoda˚ goad), 126 (id.); VvA 64 (id.); J iv.310 (laṭṭhī hata= laṭṭhiyā hata G.); v.280; Miln 27. -- 2. stick of sugar cane (ucchu˚) PvA 257. -- 3. sprout of a plant, offshoot J iii.161 (in simile); usually -- ˚, as in anga˚ sprout ThA 226; dālika˚ of the d. creeper Th 2, 297; beḷuva˚ of the Vilva tree KhA 118; sala˚ of the Sal tree A ii.200. Found also in names of places, as Laṭṭhivana (J i.83 etc.).

 -- madhu(ka) "cane -- honey," i. e. liquorice J iv.537; DhA iv.171 (˚ka).