The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pekkhin (adj.) [fr. pekkhati] looking (in front), in phrase yugamatta' p. "looking only the distance of a
plough" Miln 398.
Pekhu*a
Pekhu*a (pekkh˚) (nt.) [not with Childers fr. *pak+man, but with Pischel, Gr. § 89 fr. Sk. prenkha*a a
swing, Vedic prenkha, fr. pra+"nkh, that which swings, through *prenkhu*a>prekhu*a>pekhu*a] 1. a wing
Th 1, 211 (su˚ with beautiful feathers), 1136; J i.207. -- 2. a peacock's tail -- feathers J vi.218 (= morapiñja
C.), 497 (citrapekkhu*a' mora').
Pecca
Pecca [ger. of pa+i, cp. BSk. pretya Jtm 3154] "after having gone past," i. e. after death, having departed S
i.182; iii.98; A ii.174 sq.; iii.34, 46, 78; Sn 185, 188, 248, 598, 661; It 111; Dh 15, 131 (=paraloke DhA
hi.51); J i.169; v.489, Pv i.119; iii.75 (v. l. pacca). The form pecca' under influence of Prk. (AMg.) pecc!
(see Pischel, Prk. Gr. 587) at J vi.360.
Pe&aka
Pe&aka (adj.) [fr. pi&aka] "what belongs to the Pi&aka," as title of a non -- canonical book for the usual Pe&ak'
opadesa "instruction in the Pi&aka." dating from the beginning of our era (cp. Geiger, P.Gr. p. 18),
mentioned at Vism 141 DhsA 165. Cp. tipe&aka, see also pi&aka.
Pe*!hik!
Pe*!hik! (f.) [dial.; etym. uncertain] a species of bird (crane?) Miln 364, 402; shortened to pe*!hi at Miln
407 (in the udd!na). Cp. Miln trsl. ii.343.
Pe**akata
Pe**akata is v. l. for pa**akata Npl. at Vv 455 sq. (see VvA 197).
Peta
Peta [pp of pa+", lit. gone past, gone before] dead, departed, the departed spirit. The Buddhistic peta
represents the Vedic pitara1 (manes, cp. pit%yajña), as well as the Br!hma*ic preta. The first are souls of the
"fathers," the second ghosts, leading usually a miserable existence as the result (kammaphala) or
punishment of some former misdeed (usually avarice). They may be raised in this existence by means of
the dakkhi*! (sacrificial gift) to a higher category of mahiddhik! pet! (alias yakkhas), or after their period
of expiation shift into another form of existence (manussa, deva, tiracch!na). The punishment in the
Nirayas is included in the peta existence. Modes of suffering are given S ii.255; cp K.S. ii, 170 p. On the
whole subject see Stede, Die Gespenstergeschichten des Peta Vatthu, Leipzig 1914; in the Peta Vatthu the
unhappy ghosts are represented, whereas the Vim!na Vatthu deals with the happy ones. -- 1. (souls of the
departed, manes) D iii.189 (pet!na' k!lakat!na' dakkhi*a' anupadassati); A iii.43 (id.); i.155 sq.; v.132 (p.
ñ!tisalohita); M i.33; S i.61=204; Sn 585, 590, 807 (pet! -- k!lakat!=mat! Nd1 126); J v.7 (=mata C.); Pv
i.57; i.121; ii.610. As pubba -- peta ("deceased -- before") at A ii.68; iii.45; iv.244; J ii.360. -- 2. (unhappy
ghosts) S ii.255 sq.; Vin iv.269 (contrasted with purisa, yakkha & tiracch!na -- gata); A v.269 (d!na'
pet!na' upakappati); J iv.495 sq. (yakkh! pis!c! pet!, cp. preta -- pi$!cayo1 MBh!r. 13, 732); Vbh 412 sq.;
Sdhp 96 sq. -- manussapeta a ghost in human form J iii.72; v.68; VvA 23. The later tradition on Petas in
their var. classes and states is reflected in Miln 294 (4 classes: vant!sik!, khuppip!s!, nijjh!ma -- ta*hik!,
paradatt' ûpaj"vino) & 357 (appearance and fate); Vism 501 =VbhA 97 (as state of suffering, with narak!,
tiracch!, asur!); VbhA 455 (as nijjh!mata*hik!, khuppip!sik!, paradatt' upaj"vino). 3. (happy ghosts)
mahiddhik! pet" Pv i.101; yakkha mahiddhika Pv iv.154; Vim!napeta mahiddhika PvA 145; peta