The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pho&a [fr. sphu&, cp. Sk. spho&a] swelling, boil, blister J iv.457; vi.8 (v. l. pota & po&ha); cp. po&a bubble.
Pho&aka=pho&a
Pho&aka=pho&a Vism 258; VbhA 242.
Pho&ana
Pho&ana "applause," in brahma -- ppho&ana at DhA iii.210 should be taken as ! +pho&ana (=appho&ana).
Pho&eti
Pho&eti [Caus. of sphu&, if correct. Maybe mixed with sph(rj. The form appho&esi seems to be !+pho&eti=
Sk. !spho&ayati] to shake, toss (or thunder?) only at two places in similar formula, viz. devat! s!dhuk!ra'
ada'su, brahm!no appho&esu' (v. l. appo&h˚) Miln 13, 18; Sakko devar!j! appo&hesi (v. l. appo&esi),
Mah!brahm! s!dhuk!ra' ad!si J vi.486. Perhaps we should read po&heti (q. v.), to snap one's fingers (clap
hands) as sign of applause. At DhA iii.210 we read fut. appho&ess!mi (i. e. !+pho&).
Pho&&habba
Pho&&habba (nt.) [grd. of phusati] tangible, touch, con- tact; it is synonymous with phassa, which it replaces
in psychol. terminology. Pho&&habba' is the senseobject of k!ya (or taca) touch ("k!yena pho&&habba'
phusitv!" D iii.226, 250, 269; Nd2 p. 238 under r(pa). See also !yatana. -- D iii.102 (in list of
ajjhattikab!hir!ni !yatan!ni: k!yo c' eva pho&&habb! ca; with pl. like m.); VbhA 79 (˚dh!tu).
Phosita
Phosita [pp. of phoseti, cp. Sk. pru+ita] sprinkled J vi.47 (candana˚, v. l. pusita).
Phoseti
Phoseti [Caus. of phusati2, cp. Sk. pru+!yati=P. phusa- yati] to sprinkle (over) Vin ii.205 (inf. phositu'). pp. phosita. Cp. pari˚.
-- 481 --
B. Ba
Ba (indecl.) the sound (& letter) b, often substituted for or replaced by p (& ph): so is e. g. in Bdhgh's view
pahuta the word bahuta, with p for b (KhA 207), cp. bakkula, badara, bad!lat!, baddhacara, bandhuka 2,
bala, bal"yati, bahuka, bah(ta, billa, bella; also paribandha for paripantha; ph!la2. Also substituted for v, cp.
bajjayitv! v.l. vajjetv! DAI, 4, and see under Nibb -- .
Baka
Baka [cp. Epic Sk. baka] 1. a crane, heron Cp. iii.102; J i.205 (˚su*ik!), 221, 476; ii.234; iii.252. -- 2. N. of
a dweller in the Brahma world M i.326; S i.142.
Bakula
Bakula [cp. Class. Sk. bakula, N. of the tree Mimusops elengi, and its (fragrant) flower] in mil!ta˚ --
puppha is v. l. KhA 60 (see App. p. 870 Pj.) for ˚!kuli˚, which latter is also read at Vism 260.