The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Phala
Phala1 (nt.) [cp. Vedic phala, to phal [sphal] to burst, thus lit. "bursting," i. e. ripe fruit; see phalati] 1. (lit.)
fruit (of trees etc.) Vv 8414 (dum! nicca -- phal' ûpapann!, not to phalu, as Kern, Toev. s. v. phalu); Vism
120. -- amba˚ mango -- fruit PvA 273 sq.; dussa˚ (adj.) having clothes as their fruit (of magic trees) Vv 462
(cp. VvA 199); patta˚ leaves & fruits, vegetables Sn 239; PvA 86 pavatta˚ wild fruit D i.101; puppha˚
flower & fruit J iii.40. rukkha˚ -- ûpama Th 1, 490 (in simile of k!m!, taken fr. M i.130) lit. "like the fruit
of trees" is expld by ThA 288 as "anga -- paccang!na' p(h)alibhañjan' a&&hena, and trsld according to this
interpretation by Mrs. Rh. D. as "fruit that brings the climber to a fall." -- Seven kinds of medicinal fruits
are given at Vin i.201 scil. vilanga, pippala, marica, har"taka, vibh"taka, !malaka, go&haphala. At Miln 333
a set of 7 fruits is used metaphorically in simile of the Buddha's fruit -- shop, viz. sot!patti˚, sakad!g!mi˚,
an!g!mi˚, arahatta˚, suññata˚ sam!patti (cp. Cpd. 70), animitta˚ sam!patti, appa*ihita˚ sam!patti. -- 2. a
testicle J iii.124 (dantehi ˚' chindati=purisabh!va' n!seti to castrate); vi.237 (uddhita -- pphalo,
adj.,=uddha&a -- b"jo C.), 238 (dantehi phal!ni upp!&eti, like above). 3. (fig.) fruit, result, consequence,
fruition, blessing. As t.t. with ref. to the Path and the progressive attainment (enjoyment, fruition) of
Arahantship it is used to denote the realization of having attained each stage of the sot!patti, sakad!g!mi
etc. (see the Miln quot. under 1 and cp. Cpd. 45, 116). So freq. in exegetical literature magga, phala,
nibb!na, e. g. Tikp 155, 158; VbhA 43 & passim. -- In general it immediately precedes Nibb!na (see Nd2
no 645b and under satipa&&h!na), and as agga -- phala it is almost identical with Arahantship. Frequently it
is combd with vip!ka to denote the stringent conception of "consequence," e. g. at D i.27, 58; iii.160.
Almost synonymous in the sense of "fruition, benefit, profit" is !nisa's! D iii.132; phala at Pv
i.125=!nisa'sa PvA 64 -- Vin i.293 (an!g!mi˚); ii.240 (id.); iii.73 (arahatta˚); D i.51, 57 sq. (s!mañña˚);
iii.147, 170 (sucaritassa); M i.477 (appam!da˚); S i.173 (Amata˚); Pv i.1110 (ka&uka˚); ii.83 (d!na˚); iv.188
(mahap˚ & agga˚); Vism 345 (of food, being digested); PvA 8 (puñña˚ & d!na˚), 22 (sot!patti˚), 24 (iss! --
macchariya˚). -- atthika one who is looking for fruit Vism 120. -- !pa*a fruit shop Miln 333. -- âphala
[phala+aphala, see !4; but cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 331] all sorts of fruit, lit. what is not (i. e. unripe), fruit
without discrimination; a phrase very freq. in J!taka style, e. g. J i.416; ii.160; iii.127; iv.220; 307, 449,
v.313; vi.520; DhA i.106. -- !sava extract of fruit VvA 73. -- uppatti ripening PvA 29. -- esin yielding fruit
J i.87=Th 1, 527, cp. phalesin MVastu iii.93. -- ga*.a see palaga*.a. -- &&ha "stationed in fruition," i. e.
enjoying the result or fruition of the Path (cp. Cpd. 50) Miln 342. -- d!na gift of fruit VbhA 337. -- d!yin
giver of fruit Vv 676. -- pacchi fruit -- basket J vi.560. -- pañcaka fivefold fruit Vism 580; VbhA 191. --
pu&a fruit -- basket J vi.236. -- bh!jana one who distributes fruit, an official term in the vih!ra Vin iv.38, cp.
BSk. phalac!raka. -- maya see sep. -- ruha fruit tree Mbvs 82. -- sata see palasata.
Phala
Phala2 is spelling for pala (a certain weight) at J vi.510. See pala & cp. Geiger, P.Gr. § 40.
Phala
Phala3 [etym.? Sk. *phala] the point of a spear or sword S ii.265 (ti*ha˚). Cp. ph!la2.
Phalaka
Phalaka [fr. phal=*sphal or *spha& (see phalati), lit. that which is split or cut off (cp. in same meaning
"slab"); cp. Sk. spha&ika rock -- crystal; on Prk. forms see Pischel, Prk. Gr. §206. Ved. phalaka board, ph!la
ploughshare; Gr. a) /spalon, spola/s, yali/s scissors; Lat. pellis & spolium; Ohg. spaltan=split, Goth, spilda
writing board, tablet; Oicel. spjald board] 1. a flat piece of wood, a slab, board, plank J i.451 (a writing
board, school slate); v.155 (akkhassa ph. axle board); vi.281 (dice -- board). pidh!na˚ covering board VbhA
244= Vism 261; sop!na˚ staircase, landing J i.330 (ma*i˚); Vism 313; cp. MVastu i.249; ˚!sana a bench J
i.199; ˚k!ya a great mass of planks J ii.91. ˚atthara -- sayana a bed covered with a board (instead of a
mattress) J i.304, 317; ii.68. ˚seyya id. D i.167 ("plank -- bed"). -- 2. a shield J iii.237, 271; Miln 355; DhA
ii.2. 3. a slip of wood or bark, used for making an ascetic's dress (˚c"ra) D i.167, cp. Vin i.305. ditto for
a weight to hang on the robe Vin ii.136. -- 4. a post M iii.95 (agga)a˚ doorpost); ThA 70 (Ap. v.17).