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Pehi Pottha

Pehi is imper. 2 nd sg. of pa+i, "go on," said to a horse A iv.190 one's fingers (as sign of applause) J v.67. Cp. poṭhana &
sq., cp. S i.123. phoṭeti.
Pokkhara (nt.) [cp. Vedic puṣkara, fr. pus, though a certain re- Poṭhana (& Pothana) (nt.) [fr. poṭheti] 1. striking, beating J
lation to puṣpa seems to exist, cp. Sk. puṣpapattra a kind of ii.169 (tajjana°); v.72 (udaka°); vi.41 (kappāsa°dhanuka). At
arrow (lit. lotus — leaf) Halāyudha 2, 314, and P. pokkhara all J passages th. — 2. (th) snapping one's fingers J i.394 (an-
— patta] 1. a lotus plant, primarily the leaf of it, figuring in guli°, +celukkhepa); ThA 76 (anguli°, for accharā — sanghāta
poetry and metaphor as not being able to be wetted by water Th 2, 67). Cp. nippothana.
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Sn 392, 812 (vuccati paduma — pattaṁ Nd 135); Dh 336;
Poṭhita (& Pothita) [pp. of poṭheti] beaten, struck Miln 240 (of
It 84. — 2. the skin of a drum (from its resemblance to the
cloth, see Kern, Toev. s. poṭheti); J iii.423 (mañca; v. l. BB
lotus — leaf) S ii.267; Miln 261 (bheri°). As Np. of an angel pappoṭ°) KhA 173 (°tulapicu cotton beaten seven times, i. e.
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(Gandhabba) "Drum" at Vv 18 . — 3. a species of waterbird
very soft; v. l. pothita, see App. p. 877); DhA i.48 (su°); PvA
(crane): see cpd. °sataka.
174. — Cp. paripothita.
-ṭṭha standing in water (?) Vin i.215 (vanaṭṭha+), 238
Poṭheti (& Potheti) [fr. puth=sphuṭ] 1. to beat, strike Sn 682
(id.). -patta a lotus leaf Sn 625; Dh 401 (=paduma — patta
(bhujāni=appoṭheti SnA 485); J i.188, 483 (th) ii.394; vi.548
DhA iv.166); Miln 250. -madhu the honey sap of Costus
(=ākoṭeti); DhA i.48; ii.27 (th), 67 (th); VvA 68 (th); PvA
speciosus (a lotus) J v.39, 466. -vassa "lotus — leaf rain,"
65 (th). — 2. to snap one's fingers as a token of annoyance
a portentous shower of rain, serving as special kind of test
D ii.96; or of pleasure J iii.285 (anguliyo poṭhesi). — pp.
shower in which certain objects are wetted, but those show-
poṭhita. — Caus. II. poṭhāpeti (poth°) to cause to be beaten
ing a disinclination towards moisture are left untouched, like
or flogged Miln 221; DhA i.399. — Cp. pappoṭheti.
a lotus — leaf J i.88; vi.586; KhA 164; DhA iii.163. -sātaka
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a species of crane, Ardea Siberica J vi.539 (koṭṭha+); SnA 359. Poṇa (nt.) [=poṇa ?] only in cpd. danta° a tooth pick Vin iv.90;
Cp. Np. Pokkharasāti Sn 594; Sn p. 115; SnA 372. J iv.69; Miln 15; SnA 272. As dantapoṇaka at Dāvs i.57. —
kūṭa — poṇa at Vism 268 read °goṇa.
Pokkharaṇī (f.) [fr. puṣkara lotus; Vedic puṣkariṇī, BSk. has
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puskiriṇī, e. g. AvŚ i.76; ii.201 sq.] a lotuspond, an artificial Poṇa (adj.) [fr. pa+ava+nam, cp. ninna & Vedic pra-vaṇa] 1.
pool or small lake for water — plants (see note in Dial. ii.210) sloping down, prone, in anupubba° gradually sloping (of the
Vin i.140, 268; ii.123; D ii.178 sq.; S i.123, 204; ii.106; v.460; ocean) Vin ii.237=A iv.198 sq.=Ud 53. — 2. (—°) sloping to-
A i.35, 145; iii.187, 238; J ii.126; v.374 (Khemī), 388 (Doṇa); wards, going to, converging or leading to Nibbāna; besides in
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Pv iii.3 ; iv.12 ; SnA 354 (here in meaning of a dry pit or var. phrases, in general as tanninna tappoṇa tappabbhāra,
dugout); VvA 160; PvA 23, 77, 152. pokkharaññā gen. Pv "leading to that end." As nibbāna° e. g. at M i.493; S v.38
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ii.12 ; instr. S i.233; loc. Vin ii.123. pokkharaṇiyāyaṁ loc. sq.; A iii.443; cp. Vv 84 (nekkhamma° — nibbāna — ninna
A iii.309. — pl. pokkharaṇiyo Vin i.268; VvA 191; PvA 77; VvA 348); taṁ° Ps ii.197; ṭhāne PvA 190; viveka° A iv.224,
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metric pokkharañño Vv 44 ; Pv ii.1 : ii.7 . 233; v.175; samādhi° Miln 38; kiṁ° M i.302.
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Pokkharatā (f.) [is it fr. pokkhara lotus (cp. Sk. pauṣkara), Poṇika (adj.) [fr. poṇa ] that which is prone, going prone; DA
thus "lotus — ness," or founded on Vedic puṣpa blossom? The i.23 where the passage is "tiracchāna — gata — pāṇāpoṇika —
BSk. puṣkalatā (AvŚ ii.201) is certainly a misconstruction, if nikāyo cikkhallika — nikāyo ti," quoted from S iii.152, where
it is constructed fr. the Pali] splendidness, "flower — like- it runs thus: "tiracchāna — gata pāṇā te pi bhikkhave tiracchā-
ness," only in cpd. vaṇṇa-pokkharatā beauty of complexion nagatā pāṇā citten' eva cittatā." The passage is referred to with
D i.114; Vin i.268; S i.95; ii.279; A i.38, 86; ii.203; iii.90; DA poṇika at KhA 12, where we read "tiracchāna — gatā pāṇā
i.282; KhA 179; VvA 14; PvA 46. The BSk. passage at AvŚ poṇika — nikāyo cikkhallika — nikāyo ti." Thus we may take
ii.202 reads "śobhāṁ varṇaṁ puṣkalatāṁ ca." poṇikanikāya as "the kingdom of those which go prone" (i.
e. the animals).
Ponkha [increment form of punkha] arrow, only in redupl. (it-
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erative) cpd. ponkh' ânuponkhaṁ (adv.) arrow after arrow, Pota [cp. Epic Sk. pota, see putta for etym.] the young of an
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shot after shot, i. e. constantly, continuously S v.453, 454; animal J ii.406 (°sūkara); Cp. i.10 (udda°); SnA 125 (sīha°).
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Nd 631 (in def. of sadā); DA i.188; VvAh 351. The expl is 2
Pota [Epic Sk. pota; dial. form for plota (?), of plu] a boat Dāvs
problematic.
v.58; VvA 42.
Poṭa [fr. sphuṭ] a bubble J iv.457 (v. l. poṭha). See also phoṭa. 3
Pota [etym.?] a millstone, grindstone, only as nisada° Vin i.201;
Poṭaki (°ī?) (m. f.?) [etym. uncertain, prob. Non — Aryan] a Vism 252.
kind of grass, in °tūla a kind of cotton, "grass — tuft," thistle 1
Potaka (—°) [fr. pota ] 1. the young of an animal M i.104
— down (?) Vin ii.150; iv.170 (id., 3 kinds of cotton, spelt
(kukkuṭa°); J i.202 (supaṇṇa°), 218 (hatthi°); ii.288 (assa°
potaki here). colt); iii.174 (sakuṇa°); PvA 152 (gaja°). — f. potikā J i.207
Poṭakila [etym. unknown, cp. poṭaki & (lexic.) Sk. poṭagala a (haṁsa°); iv.188 (mūsika°). — 2. a small branch, offshoot,
kind of reed; the variant is poṭagala] a kind of grass, Saccha- twig; in twig; in amba° young mango sprout DhA iii.206 sq.;
rum spontaneum Th 1, 27=233; J vi.508 (=p.° — tiṇaṁ nāma araṇi° small firewood Miln 53.
C.). 1
Pottha [?] poor, indigent, miserable J ii.432 (=potthaka-
Poṭṭhabba is spurious reading for phoṭṭhabba (q. v.). pilotikāya nivatthatā pottho C.; v. l. poṭha). See also *ponti,
with which ultimately identical.
Poṭha [fr. puth, cp. poṭhana & poṭheti] is anguli° snapping of
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