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Phāruka Phuṭa
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Phāruka (adj.) at VvA 288 is not clear; meaning something Phāsu (adj.) [etym.? Trenckner, Notes 82 (on Miln 14 : corr.
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like "bitter," comb with kasaṭa; v. l. pāru°. Proba- J.P.T.S. 1908, 136 which refers it to Miln 13 ) suggests con-
bly=phārusaka. nection with Vedic prāśu enjoying, one who enjoys, i.e. a
guest, but this etym. is doubtful; cp. phāsuka. A key to its
Phāruliya at Vbh 350 (in thambha — exegesis) is faulty spelling
etym. may be found in the fact that it never occurs by itself
for phārusiya (nt.) harshness, unkindness, as evidence of
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id. passage at VbhA 469 shows (with expl "pharusassa pug- in form phāsu, but either in composition or as °ka] pleasant,
comfortable; only neg. a° in phrase aphāsu-karoti to cause
galassa bhāvo phārusiyaṁ").
discomfort to (dat.) Vin iv.290; and in cpds. °kāma anxious
Phārusaka [fr. pharusa, cp. Sk. *pāruṣaka Mvyut 103, 143] 1.
for comfort, desirous of (others) welfare D iii.164; °vihāra
a certain flower, the (bitter) fruit of which is used for making comfort, ease Vin ii.127; D i.204; Dhs 1348=Miln 367 (cp.
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a drink Vin i.246; Vv 33 =DhA iii.316. — 2. N. of one of
DhsA 404); Miln 14; Vism 33; VbhA 270; PvA 12.
Indra's groves J vi.278, similarly Vism 424; VbhA 439.
Phāsu at Miln 146 (cp. p. 425) "bhaggā phāsū" is un certain read-
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Phāla (m. & nt.) [cp. Vedic phāla] ploughshare S i.169; Sn p. ing, it is not phāsuka; it may represent a pāsa snare, sling. The
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13 & v.77 (expl as "phāletī ti ph." SnA 147); J i.94; iv.118;
likeness with phāsukā bhaggā (lit.) of J i.493 is only acciden-
v.104; Ud 69 (as m.); DhA i.395.
tal.
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Phāla [to phala ] an (iron) board, slab (or ball?), maybe spear or
Phāsuka (adj.) [fr. phāsu. Cp. Prk. phāsuya; acc. to Pischel, Prk.
rod. The word is of doubtful origin & meaning, it occurs al-
Gr. § 208 Jain Sk. prāsuka is a distortion of P. phāsuka. Per-
ways in the same context of a heated iron instrument, several
haps phāsu is abstracted from phāsuka] pleasant, convenient,
times in correlation with an iron ball (ayogula). It has been
comfortable J iii.343; iv.30; DhA ii.92; PvA 42. — aphāsuka
misunderstood at an early time, as is shown by kapāla A iv.70
unpleasant, uncomfortable, not well J ii.275, 395; DhA i.28;
for phāla. Kern comments on the word at Toev. ii.139. See
ii.21. — Note. It seems probable that phāsuka represents a Sk.
Vin i.225 (phālo divasantatto, so read; v. l. balo corr. to bālo;
*sparśuka (cp. Pischel § 62), which would be a der. fr. spṛś
corresp. with guḷa); A iv.70 (divasa — santatte ayokapāle, 2
in same meaning as phassa ("lovely"). This would confirm
gloss ayogule); J v.268; v.109 (phāle ciraratta — tāpite, v. l.
the suggestion of phāsu being a secondary formation.
pāle, hale, thāle; corresp. with pakaṭṭhita ayogula), id. v.113 2
Phāsukā (f.) [cp. Sk *pārśukā & Ved. pārśva, see passa ] a rib,
(ayomayehi phālehi pīḷeti, v. l. vālehi).
only in pl. phāsukā Vin i.74 (upaḍḍha° bhañjitabbā), in phrase
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Phāla in loṇa-maccha° a string (?) or cluster of salted fish Vism
sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā J i.493 (lit.), which is fig. applied at
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Dh 154 (expl as "sabbā avasesa — kilesa — phāsukā bhaggā"
Phālaka (adj.) [fr. phāleti] splitting; one who splits Vism 413 at DhA iii.128), with which cp. bhaggā phāsū at Miln 146;
(kaṭṭha°). both the latter phrases prob. of diff. origin. — (adj.) (—°) in
phrase mahā°passa the flank (lit. the side of the great ribs) J
Phālana (nt.) [fr. phāleti] splitting J i.432 (dāru°); Vism 500 (vi-
i.164, 179; iii.273; abs. mahā° with great ribs J v.42; uggata°
jjhana°).
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with prominent ribs PvA 68 (for upphāsulika adj. Pv ii.1 ). —
Phālita [=Sk. sphārita, sphar] 1. made open, expanded, spread
in cpds. as phāsuka°, e. g. °aṭṭhīni the rib — bones (of which
J iii.320 (+vikasita). — 2. split [fr. phāleti phal], split open
there are 24) Vism 254 (v. l. pāsuka°); VbhA 237; °dvaya pair
Vism 262=VbhA 245 (°haliddi — vaṇṇa).
of ribs Vism 252; VbhA 235. — See also pāsuka, pāsuḷa &
Phāliphulla [either Intensive of phulla, or Der. fr. pari- phulla in the foll.
form phaliphulla] in full blossom M i.218; J i.52.
Phāsulikā (f.) [fr. phāsuḷi] rib, only in cpd. upphāsulika (adj.)
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Phālibhaddaka is spurious spelling for pāli° at J ii.162 (v. l. pā- Pv ii.1 .
tali — bhaddaka). Cp. Prk. phālihadda (=pāribhadra Pischel,
Phāsuḷā [for phāsukā] rib S ii.255 (phāsuḷ — antarikā).
Gr. § 208).
Phāsuḷī [cp. phāsukā & phāsuḷā] a rib M i.80.
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Phālima (adj.) [either fr. Caus. of phal (phāleti), or fr. sphar d
Phiya [etym. unknown] oar Sn 321 (+aritta rudder, expl by dabbi
(cp. phārita, i. e. expanded), or fr. sphāy (swell, increase, cp.
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— padara SnA 330); J iv.21 (°ârittaṁ). See also piya which
sphāra & sphārī bhavati to open, expand)] expanding, open-
is the more freq. spelling of phiya.
ing, blossoming in cpd. aggi — nikāsi — phālima paduma J
ns
iii.320 (where Cy. expl by phālita vikasita). Phīta [pp. of sphāy, cp. Sk. sphīta & see phāti] opulent, pros-
perous, rich; in the older texts only in stock phrase iddha ph.
Phāleti [Caus. of phalati, phal; a variant is phāṭeti fr. sphaṭ,
bahujana (rich & prosperous & well — populated) D i.211
which is identical with *(s)phal] to split, break, chop, in
(of the town Nālandā); ii.146 (of Kusāvatī); M i.377; (of Nā-
phrases 1. kaṭṭhaṁ phāleti to chop sticks (for firewood) Vin
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i.31; J ii.144; Pv ii.9 , besides which the phrase kaṭṭhaṁ landā) ii.71 (of country); S ii.107 (fig. of brahmacariyaṁ; with
*phāṭeti. 2. sīsaṁ (muddhā) sattadhā phāleti (cp. adhipāteti bahujañña for °jana); A iii.215 (of town). By itself & in other
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& phalati) DhA i.17 (perhaps better with v. l. phal°), 134. comb in the Jātakas, e. g. J iv.135 (=samiddha); vi.355 (v. l.
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— 3. (various:) A i.204=S ii.88; J ii.398; Nd 483; Vism pīta). With iddha & detailed description of all classes of the
population (instead of bahujana) of a town Miln 330.
379 (kucchiṁ; DhA iv.133 (hadayaṁ). — pp. phālita. Caus.
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II. phālāpeti to cause to split open J iii.121; Miln 157 (v. l. Phuṭa [pp. of pharati] 1. (cp. pharati ) pervaded, permeated,
phāḷāp°). thrilled (cp. pari°) D i.73, 74 (pītisukhena; T. prints phuta; v.
l. phuṭa; v. l. at DA i.217 p(h)uṭṭha); M i.276; J i.33 (sarīraṁ
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