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Pesana 96 Pota
Pesana (nt.) [fr. pa+i?, see peseti] sending out, message ;
service J iv.362 (pesanani gacchanti) ; v. 17 (pesane
pesiyanto.)
-karaka a servant J vi.448 ; VvA 349. -karika (a
girl) doing service, a messenger, servant J 111414;
DhA 1.227.
Pesanaka (adj.) [fr. pesana] " message sender," employing
for service, in °cora robbers making (others) servants
J I-253-
Pesanika ,°iya) (adj.) [fr. pesana] connected with messages,
going messages, only in phrase jangha" messenger
370 (°iya).
on foot Vin m.185 ; J 11.82 Miln ;
Pesala (adj.) [cp. Epic Sk. pesala ; Bdhgh's pop. etym. at
SnA 475 is " piya-sila "] lovable, pleasant, well-behaved,
amiable S 1.149 ; 11.387 ; A iv.22 ; v.170 ; Sn 678 ; Sn p.
124; Miln 373; Sdhp 621. Often as Ep. of a good
bhikkhu, e. g. at S 1.187; Vin 1.170 ; 11. 241 ; J iv.70 ;
VvA 206; PvA 13, 268.
Pesaca is reading at D 1.54 for pisaca (so v. 1.).
Pesi (pesi) (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. peSi] i. a lump, usually a
mass of flesh J 111.223 = DhA iv.67 (pesi = mar|sapesi
C). Thus at marjsapesi at Vin n.2 5;« (magsapes'
upama kama) ; III. 105; M 1. 143, 364; S n.256 ; iv.193
(in characteristic of lohitaka) ; Vism 356; PvA 199.
fcetus in the third stage after conception (between
2 , the
abbuda & ghana) S 1.206 ; J iv.496 ; Nd' 120 ; Miln 40 ;
Vism 236. — 3. a piece, bit (for pesika), in velu"
J IV.205.
PeBika (f.) (-°) [cp. Sk. *pe^ika] rind, shell (of fruit) only
in cpds. amba° Vin 11. 109; vagsa" J 1.352; velu" (a
bit of bamboo) D 11.324 ; J 11.267, 279 ; 111.276 ; iv.382.
Pesita [pp. of peseti] i. sent out or forth Sn 412 (rajaduta
p.) Vv 21' ( = uyyojita VvA 108); DhA 111.191.
pesit-atta is the C. expl° at S 1.53 (as given at K.S.
320) of pahit-atta {trsl" " puts forth all his strength ") ;
Bdhgh incorrectly taking pahita as pp. of pahinati to
send whereas it is pp. of padahati. — 2. ordered, what
has been ordered, in pesit-Spesitag order and prohibition
Vin 11.177.
Pesuna (nt.) [fr. pisuna, cp. Epic Sk. paisuna] =pesunfia
S 1.240; Sn 362, 389, 862 sq., 941 ; J v.397 ; Pv 1.3'';
PvA 16; Sdhp 55, 66. 81.
-karaka one who incites to slander J 1.2CO, 267.
Pesunika (adj.) [fr. pesuna] slanderous, calumnious PvA
12, 13.
Pesupiya & Pesuneyya (nt.) = pesunna ; i. (pesuniya)
Sn 663, 928; Pv 1.3''. — 2. (pesuneyya) S 1.228, 230;
Sn 852 Ndi ; 232.
Pesunfia (nt.) [abstr. fr. pisuna, cp. £pic Sk. paisunya.
The other (diaeretic) forms are pesuniya & pesuneyya]
backbiting, calumny, slander M i.iio; D 111.69; A
IV. 401 ; Vin 1V.12 ; Nd* 232, 260 ; PvA 12, 15.
Peseti [pa+i? to send] to send forth or out, esp. on a
message or to a special purpose, i. e. to employ as a
servant or (intrs.) to do service (so in many derivations)
I. to send out J 1.86, 178. 253; iv.169 (pannar)) ;
V.399 ; VI. 448 ; Mhvs 14, 29 (rathag) ; DhA 111.190;
PvA 4, 20, 53. — 2. to employ or order (cp. pesaka),
in Pass, pesiyati to be ordered or to be in service
Vin 11.177 (PP''- pesiyamana) ; J v. 17 (ppr. pesiyanto).
— pp. pesita. See also pessa & derivations.
Pessa [grd. form" fr. peseti, Vedic presya, f. presya. This
is the contracted form, whilst the diaeretic form is
pesiya, for which also pesika] a messenger, a ser-
vant, often in comb" dasa ti va pessa ti va kammakara
ti va, e. g. D 1.141 ; S 1.76, 93 (slightly diff. in
j
verse); A ii.2c8 (spelt pesa) ; iv.45 ; DhA 11. 7. See
also A 111.37 ; IV.266, 270 ; J v.351 ; Pug 56 DA 1.3CO.
;
At Sn 615 pessa is used in the sense of an abstr. n. =
pessita service ( = veyyavacca SnA 466). So also in
cpds.
-kamma service J vi.374 ; -kara
a servant J vi.356.
Pessita (f) [abstr. fr. pessa, Sk. *presyata] being a servant,
doing service J vi.208 (para° to someone else).
m. either pessiya Vv
84*' (spelt pesiya, expW by pesana-karaka, veyya-
vi.448 (= pesana-karaka C). or
Pessiya & "ka [see pessa] servant ;
vaccakara VvA 349) ; J
pessika Sn 615, 651 ; J vi.552 ; f, either pessiya (para°)
Vv 1 8' (spelt pesiya. but v. 1. SS pessiya, expH as
pesaniya paresag veyyavacca-kari VvA 94); J 111413
(=parehi pesitabba pesana-karika C. 414), or pessika
J VI.65.
Pehi is imper. 2"^ sg. of pa-l-i, " go on," said to a horse
A IV. 190 sq., cp. S 1. 123.
Pokkhara (nt.) [cp. Vedic puskara, fr. pus, though a
certain relation to puspa seems to exist, cp. Sk. puspapattra
a kind of arrow (lit. lotus-leaf) Halayudha 2,
314, and P. pokkhara-patta] i. a lotus plant, primarily
the leaf of it, figuring in poetry and metaphor as not
being able to be wetted by water Sn 392. 812 (vuccati
paduma-pattar) Nd' 135); Dh 336; It 84.-2. the skin
of a drum (from its resemblance to the lotus-leaf)
-61 (bheri°). As Np. of an angel (Gan-
S 11.267 ; M'ln
dhabba) " Drum " at Vv iS*. — 3. a species of waterbird
(crane) : see cpd. "sataka.
-ttha standing in water (.?) Vin 1.215 (vanattha-f ),
238"(id.). -pattaalotusleaf Sn62 5 ; Dh40i = ( paduma
-patta DhA iv.166) ; Miln 250. -madhu the honey sap
of Costus speciosus (a lotus) J v. 39, 466.
" lotus-leaf rain," a portentous shower of rain,
-vassa
serving
as special kind of test shower in which certain objects
are wetted, but those showing a disinclination
towards moisture are left untouched, like a lotus-leaf
1.88; VI. 586; IvhA 164; DhA III. 163. -sataka a
J
species of crane, Ardea Siberica J vi.539 (kottha-l- )
SnA 359. Cp. Np. Pokkharasati Sn 594; Sn p. 115;
SnA 372.
PokkharanI (f.) [fr. *puskara lotus; Vedic puskarini,
BSk. has puskirini, e. g. AvS 1.76; 11.201 sq.] a lotuspond,
an artificial pool or small lake for water-plants
(see note in Dial. 11.210) Vin 1.140. 268 ; H.123 D 11.178
;
sq. ; S 1.123. 204; 11.106; V.460 ; A 1.35. 145; in. 187.
238; J 11.126; V.374 (Khemi). 388 (Dona); Pv 111.3';
IV. 1 2' ;
(here in meaning of a dry pit or dug-
out) ;
SnA 354
160; PvA 23, 77, 152- pokkharanna gen.
VvA
Pv II. li'; instr. S 1.233; '"C. Vin 11.123. pokkharani-
yayag loc. A 111.309. — pi. pokkharaniyo Vin 1.268;
VvA 191; PvA 77; metric pokkharanflo Vv 44";
Pv ii.i'»; u.f.
Pokkharata (f.) [is it fr. pokkhara lotus (cp. Sk. pauskara).
thus " lotus-ness," or founded on Vedic puspa blossom ?
The BSk. puskalata (Av§ 11.201) is certainly a misconstruction,
if it is constructed fr. the Pali] splendidness,
" flower-likeness," only in cpd. vanna-pokkharata
beauty of complexion D 1.114; Vin 1.268; S i 95
11.279; A 1.38, 86; 11.203 ; iii.9fJ ; DA 1.282 ; KhA
179;
VvA 14; PvA 46. The BSk. passage at AvS 11.202
reads " ^obhar) varnar) puskalatai) ca."
Ponkha [increment form of punkha] arrow, only in
redupl. (iterative) cpd. ponkh' dnuponkhag (adv.)
arrow after arrow, shot after shot, i. e. constantly,
continuously S v.453, 454; Nd^ 631 (in def. of sada)
DA 1.188 ; VvAh 351. The expl" is problematic.
Pota [fr. sphut] a bubble J
phota.
iv.457 (v. 1. potha). See also