The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

pota(ka) young animal and base pu -- in puma's, pu's "man"] 1. a son S i.210; Sn 35, 38, 60, 557, 858; Dh
62, 84, 228, 345; J iv.309; Vism 645 (simile of 3 sons); PvA 25, 63, 73 sq.; DA i.157 (d!saka˚). Four kinds
of sons are distinguished in the old Cy. viz. atraja p., khettaja, dinnaka, antev!sika, or born of oneself, born
on one's land, given to one, i. e. adopted, one living with one as a pupil. Thus at Nd1 247; Nd2 448; J i.135.
Good and bad sons in regard to lineage are represented at J vi.380. -- Metaph. "sons of the Buddha" S
i.192= Th 1, 1237 (sabbe Bhagavato putt!); It 101 (me tumhe putt! oras! mukhato j!t! dhammaj!), J
iii.211. -- The parable of a woman eating her sons is given as a punishment in the Peta condition at Pv i.6
(& 7). pl. putt!ni Pv i.63. -- aputta -- bh!va' karoti to disinherit formally J v.468. -- 2. (in general)
child, descendant, sometimes pleonastic like E. ˚man, ˚son in names: see putta -- d!ra; so esp. in later
literature, like ludda˚ hunter's son=hunter J ii.154; ayya˚=ayya, i. e. gentleman, lord J v.94; PvA 66. See
also r!ja˚. -- Of a girl Th 2, 464. -- m!tucch!˚ & m!tula˚ cousin (from mother's side), pitucch!˚ id (fr.
father's side). On putta in N. P!&ali˚ see pu&a. -- f. putt" see r!ja˚. -- j"va N. of a tree: Putranjiva Roxburghii J
vi.530. -- d!ra child & wife (i. e. wife & children, family) D iii.66, 189, 192; S i.92; A ii.67; Pv iv.348 (sa˚
together with his family); J iii.467 (ki' ˚ena what shall I do with a family?); v.478. They are hindrances to
the development of spiritual life: see Nd2 under !si'santi & palibodha. -- phala a son as fruit (of the womb)
J v.330. -- ma'sa the flesh of one's children (sons) a metaphor probably distorted fr. p(ta˚ rotten flesh. The
metaphor is often alluded to in the kasi*a -- kamma&&h!na, and usually coupled with the akkha -- bbhañjana
(& va*apaticch!dana) -- simile, e. g. Vism 32, 45; DhA i.375; SnA 58, 342. Besides at S ii.98 (in full); Th
1, 445 (˚(pam!); 2, 221. -- mata a woman whose sons (children) are dead M i.524.
Puttaka
Puttaka [fr. putta] 1. a little son S i.209, 210. -- 2. a little child Th 2, 462 (of a girl). -- 3. a young bird
(=potaka) J ii.154.
Puttatta
Puttatta (nt.) [fr. putta] sonship DhA i.89.
Puttavant
Puttavant (adj.) [fr. putta] having sons S iv.249. Trenck- ner, Notes 6216 gives a f. *puttapat" for puttavat",
but without ref.
Puttimant
Puttimant (adj.) [fr. *puttamant] having sons S i.6; Sn 33.
Puttiya
Puttiya ( -- ˚) in Sakya˚ is compound Sakyaputta+iya "belonging to the son of the Sakyas" (i. e. to the
Sakya prince) PvA 43. -- asakyaputtiya dhamma Vin ii.297.
Puthav" & Puthuv"
Puthav" & Puthuv" (f.) [doublets of pa&hav"] the earth; as puthavi at S i.186; J i.14 (v. l. puthuvi); iv.233, &
in cpds. ˚n!bhi the navel of the earth (of the bodhima*.a, the Buddha's seat under the holy fig tree)
-- 466 --
J iv.232; ˚ma*.ala the round of the earth Sn 990. -- As puthuv" at A ii.21, and in cpd. puthuvi -- agga SnA
353.