Vaṇa (nt. & m.) [cp. Vedic vraṇa; Serbian rana; Obulg. var̄e, both "wound"] a wound, sore Vin i.205 (m.), 218 (vaṇo rūḷho); iii.36 (m; angajāte), 117 (angajāte); S iv.177 (vaṇaŋ ālimpeti); A v.347 sq., 350 sq.; 359; Nd2 540; PugA 212 (purāṇa -- vaṇa -- sadisa -- citto); DhA ii.165 (˚ŋ bandhati to bandage); VvA 77; PvA 80; Sdhp 395. On vaṇa in similes see J.P.T.S. 1907, 132.

-- ālepana putting ointment on a sore SnA 58 (in sim.). -- coḷaka a rag for dressing a wound Vism 342; VbhA 361. -- paṭikamma restoration or healing of a wound DhA ii.164. -- paṭicchādana dressing of a wound DhA i.375. -- paṭṭa id., bandage SnA 100. -- bandhana id. Vin i.205. -- mukha the opening of a sore A iv.386 (nava ˚āni); VvA 77 (id.).