From: Bhikkhu Bodhi
Message: 3950
Date: 2014-11-21
Gandhamādanakūṭaṃ sānumayaṃ abbhantare muggavaṇṇaṃ kāḷānusāriyādimūlagando candanādisāragandho saralādipheggugandho lavaṅgāditacagandho kapiṭṭhādipapaṭikagandho sajjādirasagandho tamālādipattagandho nāgakuṅkumādipupphagandho jātiphalādiphalagandho sabbathā gandhabhāvato gandhagandhoti imehi dasahi gandhehi ussannaṃ nānappakāraosadhasañchannaṃ kāḷapakkhauposathadivase ādittamiva aṅgāraṃ jalantaṃ tiṭṭhati.PED (as well as SED) define sānu as the ridge of a mountain, but in the above passage it seems to be a substance of which this specific mountain is constituted. A search through the Chattha Sangayana Tipitaka does not turn up any useful references. There is a young man named Sānu, whose story is told in the Yakkha-samyutta, but this does not seem to be germane to the present inquiry.
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