Pali/Sanscrit word for second arrow

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Is there a word for the concept of second arrow?

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From SN 36.6:

“dutiyena sallena” = with a second arrow

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  1. [Salla]
    Salla Salla (nt.) [Vedic śalya, cp. śalākā] an arrow, dart M i.429 (˚ŋ āharati to remove the a); ii.216; S iv.206; J i.180; v.49; Sn 331, 767; Miln 112; Vism 503 (visa˚ sting of poison; cp. VbhA 104 sallaŋ viya vitujjati); often metaphorically of the piercing sting of craving, evil, sorrow etc., e. g. antodosa˚ Miln 323; taṇhā˚ S i.40, 192; bhava˚ Dh 351; rāga˚ DhA iii.404; PvA 230; soka˚ Sn 985; Pv i.86; KhA 153. Cp. also D ii.283; Sn 51, 334, 938; J i.155; iii.157; DhA iv.70. At Nd159 seven such stings are given with rāga˚, dosa˚, moha˚, māna˚, diṭṭhi˚, soka˚, kathankathā˚

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