The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pokkhara*" (f.) [fr. pu+kara lotus; Vedic pu+kari*", BSk. has puskiri*", e. g. Av- i.76; ii.201 sq.] a
lotuspond, an artificial pool or small lake for water -- plants (see note in Dial. ii.210) Vin i.140, 268; ii.123;
D ii.178 sq.; S i.123, 204; ii.106; v.460; A i.35, 145; iii.187, 238; J ii.126; v.374 (Khem"), 388 (Do*a); Pv
iii.33; iv.121; SnA 354 (here in meaning of a dry pit or dugout); VvA 160; PvA 23, 77, 152. pokkharaññ!
gen. Pv ii.129; instr. S i.233; loc. Vin ii.123. pokkhara*iy!ya' loc. A iii.309. -- pl. pokkhara*iyo Vin i.268;
VvA 191; PvA 77; metric pokkharañño Vv 4411; Pv ii.119: ii.78.
Pokkharat!
Pokkharat! (f.) [is it fr. pokkhara lotus (cp. Sk. pau+kara), thus "lotus -- ness," or founded on Vedic pu+pa
blossom? The BSk. pu+kalat! (Av- ii.201) is certainly a misconstruction, if it is constructed fr. the Pali]
splendidness, "flower -- likeness," only in cpd. va**a -- pokkharat! beauty of complexion D i.114; Vin
i.268; S i.95; ii.279; A i.38, 86; ii.203; iii.90; DA i.282; KhA 179; VvA 14; PvA 46. The BSk. passage at
Av- ii.202 reads "$obh!' var*a' pu+kalat!' ca."
Ponkha
Ponkha [increment form of punkha] arrow, only in redupl. (iterative) cpd. ponkh' ânuponkha' (adv.) arrow
after arrow, shot after shot, i. e. constantly, continuously S v.453, 454; Nd2 631 (in def. of sad!); DA i.188;
VvAh 351. The expln is problematic.
Po&a
Po&a [fr. sphu&] a bubble J iv.457 (v. l. po&ha). See also pho&a.
Po&aki (˚"?)
Po&aki (˚"?) (m. f.?) [etym. uncertain, prob. Non -- Aryan] a kind of grass, in ˚t(la a kind of cotton, "grass --
tuft," thistle -- down (?) Vin ii.150; iv.170 (id., 3 kinds of cotton, spelt potaki here).
Po&akila
Po&akila [etym. unknown, cp. po&aki & (lexic.) Sk. po&a- gala a kind of reed; the variant is po&agala] a kind
of grass, Saccharum spontaneum Th 1, 27=233; J vi.508 (=p.˚ -- ti*a' n!ma C.).
Po&&habba
Po&&habba is spurious reading for pho&&habba (q. v.).
Po&ha
Po&ha [fr. puth, cp. po&hana & po&heti] is anguli˚ snap- ping of one's fingers (as sign of applause) J v.67. Cp.
po&hana & pho&eti.
Po&hana
Po&hana (& Pothana) (nt.) [fr. po&heti] 1. striking, beating J ii.169 (tajjana˚); v.72 (udaka˚); vi.41
(kapp!sa˚dhanuka). At all J passages th. -- 2. (th) snapping one's fingers J i.394 (anguli˚, +celukkhepa);
ThA 76 (anguli˚, for acchar! -- sangh!ta Th 2, 67). Cp. nippothana.
Po&hita