The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Phussa1 [fr. pu+ to blossom, nourish, etc. cp. Ved. pu+ya] 1. see phussa3 2. -- 2. N. of a month (Dec. --
Jan.) J i.86. N. of a lunar mansion or constellation Vv 534 (=phussa -- t!rak! VvA 236). -- Frequent as Np.,
cp. Vism 422, and combns like ˚deva, ˚mitta.
Phussa
Phussa2 [ger. of phusati1] touching, feeling, realising; doubled at D i.45, 54.
Phussa
Phussa3 (adj. -- n.) [grd. formation fr. phusati2 2; scarcely fr. Sk. pu+ya (to pu+ nourish, cp. poseti), but
meaning rather "speckled" in all senses. The Sk. pu+yaratha is Sanskritisation of P. phussa˚] 1. speckled,
gaily -- coloured, ˚kokila the spotted cuckoo [Kern, Toev. s. v. phussa however takes it as "male -- cuckoo,"
Sk. pu's -- kokila] J v.419, 423; VvA 57. -- As phussaka at A i.188 (so read for pussaka). -- 2. in sense of
"clear, excellent, exquisite" (or it is pu+ya in sense of "substance, essence" of anything, as Geiger, P. Gr. §
40 1a?) in ˚ratha [cp. Sk, pu+pa˚, but prob. to be read pu+ya˚?] a wonderful state carriage running of its own
accord J ii.39; iii.238; iv.34; v.248; vi.39 sq.) v. l. pussa˚); PvA 74. -- r!ga [cp. Sk. pu+pa -- r!ga] topaz
Miln 118; VvA 111. -- At Nd1 90 as v. l. to be preferred to pussa˚ in ˚tila, ˚tela, ˚dantaka&&ha, etc. with ref.
to their use by Brahmins.
Pheggu
Pheggu [cp. Vedic phalgu & P. phaggu in form] acces- sory wood, wood surrounding the pith of a tree,
always with ref. to trees (freq. in similes), in sequence m(la, s!ra, pheggu, taca, papa&ik! etc. It is
represented as next to the pith, but inferior and worthless. At all passages contrasted with s!ra (pith,
substance). Thus at M i.192 sq., 488; D iii.51; S iv.168; A i.152 (pheggu+ s!ra, v. l. phaggu); ii.110=Pug
52; A iii.20; J iii.431 (opp. s!ra); Miln 267, 413 (tacchako pheggu' apaharitv! s!ra' !diyati).
Phegguka
Phegguka ( -- ˚) (adj.) [fr. pheggu] having worthless wood, weak, inferior M i.488 (apagata˚, where ˚ka
belongs to the whole cpd.); J iii.318 (a˚+s!ramaya).
Pheggut!
Pheggut! (f.) [abstr. fr. pheggu] state of dry wood; lack of substance, worthlessness Pug A 229.
Phe*a
Phe*a [cp. Vedic phena, with *ph fr. sp˚, connected with Lat. sp(ma, scum, Ags. f!m=Ger. feim=E. foam]
scum, foam, froth, only in cpds. viz.: -- uddehaka' (adv.) (paccam!na, boiling) with scum on top, throwing
up foam M iii.167; A i.141; Nd2 304iii c; J iii.46; Miln 357. -- pa&ala a film of scum Vism 359; VbhA 65. -
- pi*.a a lump or heap of foam S iii.140 sq.=Vism 479 (in simile of r(pa); Nd2 680 Aii; Vism 40 (in
comp); VbhA 32 sq. bubbu)aka a bubble of scum Vism 171, 259, 345; VbhA 242. -- m!l! a wreath or
garland of scum Miln 117. -- m!lin with a wreath of scum Miln 260. -- missa mixed with froth Vism 263. --
va**a colour of scum Vism 263.
Phe*aka
Phe*aka=phe*a Vism 254; VbhA 237.
Pho&a