Pali loha (29)
According to Davids and Stede’s Pali-English Dictionary, Pali word loha means “metal, especially copper, brass or bronze. It is etymologically related to terms in other Indo-European languages, such as Sanskrit loha and Indo-Germanic *(e)reudh. It traces its origin to the Tamil root ar through the transformation of ar > ru > rudh/ruh > loha. The following words, related to Pali loha, also originate from Tamil ar.
loha-kaṭāha, a copper (brass) receptacle. loha-kāra, a metal worker, coppersmith, blacksmith. loha-kumbhī, an iron cauldron. loha-guḷa, an iron (or metal) ball. loha-jāla, a copper (i.e. wire) netting. loha-thālaka, a copper bowl. loha-thāli, a bronze kettle. loha-pāsāda, copper terrace, brazen palace, name of a famous monastery at Anurādhapura in Ceylon. loha-piṇḍa, an iron ball.
loha-bhaṇḍa, copper (brass) ware. loha-maya, made of copper, brazen. loha-māsa, a copper bean. loha-māsaka, a small copper coin. loha-rūpa, a bronze statue. loha-salākā, a bronze gong-stick. lohatā, being a metal. aggalohatā, the fact of gold being the best metal. lohita, red; blood, this word is usually used in compounds. lohita-abhijāti, the red species. lohita-kasiṇa, the artifice of red. lohitacandana, red sandal. lohita-akkha, having red (blood-shot) eyes. lohita-uppāda, the crime of wounding. lohita-uppādaka, one who sheds the blood of an Arahant. lohita-kumbhi, a receptacle for blood. lohita-doṇi, a bloody trough. lohita-pakkhandikā, bloody diarrhoea, dysentery. lohita-homa, a sacrifice of blood.