Hardship qua insect-bite- A type of Parīṣaha (hardship);
The pain, arising from the bites of gnats, mosqui- ties etc., which is to be endured equanimously by the ascetic (Muni).
puṭṭho ya daṃsamasaehiṃ samareva mahāmuṇī. nāgo saṃgāmasīse vāsūro abhihaṇe paraṃ... na saṃtase na vārejjā maṇaṃ pi na paosae. nvehe na haṇe pāṇe bhuṃjaṃte maṃsasoṇiyaṃ...
(U 2.10,11)