Loṇa (nt.) [cp. Sk. lavaṇa, for which see also lavaṇa. The Prk. form is loṇa] salt; as adj., salty, of salt, alkaline. -- Vin i.202 (loṇāni bhesajjāni alkaline medicine, among which are given sāmuddaŋ kāḷaloṇaŋ sindhavaŋ ubbhidaŋ bilaŋ as var. kinds of salt), 220=243 (as flavouring, with tela, taṇḍula & khādaniya); A i.210, 250; iv.108; Miln 63; DhA iv.176 (in simile see below); VvA 98, 100, 184 (aloṇa sukkha -- kummāsa, unsalted). On loṇa in similes cp.J.P.T.S. 1907, 131.

 -- ambila acid and salt J i.505; ii.171, 394. -- odaka salt water J vi.37; VvA 99 (˚udaka). -- kāra salt -- maker Vin i.350 (˚gāma); A ii.182 (˚dāraka); Jvi.206 (kara); Miln 331. -- ghaṭa a pitcher with salt S ii.276. See also App. to KhA 68 (in Sn Index 870, 871) on Vism passage with loṇaghaṭaka. -- dhūpana salt -- spicing VbhA 311 (viya sabba vyañjanesu; i. e. the strongest among all flavourings). -- phala a crystal of (natural) salt [phala for phaṭa=*sphaṭa, cp. phalaka] A i.250 (in simile). -- rasa alkaline taste A iv.199, 203. -- sakkhara a salt crystal (cp. ˚phala), a (solid) piece of (natural) salt Sii.276 (in simile, cp. A i.250); SnA 222 (aggimhi pakkhitta l -- s., in the same simile at DhA iv.176: uddhane pakkhitta -- loṇa). -- sakkharikā a piece of salt -- crystal, used as a caustic for healing wounds Vin i.206. -- sovīraka salted sour gruel Vin i.210; VvA 99.