Udukkhala: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

udukkhala : (m.; nt.) a mortar.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Udukkhala, (m. & nt.) (Sk. ulukhala) a mortar Vin. I, 202 (+ musala pestle); J. I, 502; II, 428; V, 49; II, 161, 335; Ud. 69 (m; + musaḷa); DhA. II, 131 (°sala); Vism. 354 (in comp.). The relation between udukkhala and musala is seen best from the description of eating at Vism. 344 and DA. I, 200, where the lower teeth play the role of ud. , the upper teeth act as m. , while the tongue takes the part of a hand. On this passage & other connections as well as etym. see Morris J. P. T. S. 1893, 37. (Page 135)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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