Luta seems to be a legitimate spelling representing either lutta or lūna, in meaning "cut, cut off" [cp. lu for lū under lunāti]. Thus at S i.5 (nalo va harito luto)= 126=J vi.25; and at Sn 532 (lutāni bandhanāni; vv. ll. lūtāni & lunāni; expld as "chinnāni padālitāni" at SnA 432).