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Phalima lOI Phalima
Phalima (adj.) [fr. phala] bearing fruit, full of fruit
J III-493-
Phaln [cp. Vedic paru] a knot or joint in a reed, only in
cpd. °bija (plants) springing (or propagated) from a
joint D 1.5 ;
Vin iv.34, 35.
Fhaleti at D 1.54 is spurious reading for paleti (see palayati),
expl'' by gacchati DA 1.165 ; meaning " runs."
not with trsl° " spreads out " [to sphar].
Phallava is spelling for pallava sprout, at J 111.40.
Phassa* [cp. Ved. sparsa, of sprs : see phusati] contact,
touch (as sense or sense-impression, for which usually
photthabbai) ) . It is the fundamental fact in a senseirapresgion,
and consists of a combination of the sense,
the object, and perception, as expl"" at M i.iii : tinnar)
(i. e. cakkhu, rupa, cakkhu-viiiiiana) sangati phasso
and gives rise to feeling : phassa-paccaya vedana. (See
paticca-samuppada & for expl" Vism 567; VbhA 178
sq.). — Cp. D 1.42 sq. ; 111.22S, 272, 276; Vism 463
(phusati ti phasso) ; Sn 737, 778 (as fundamental of
attachment, cp. SnA 517) ; J v.441 (raja dibba-phassena
puttho touched bj' the divine touch, i. e. fascinated by
her beauty ; puttho = phutto) ; VbhA i 77 sq. (in detail),
193. 265 ; PvA 86 (dup° of bad touch, bad to the touch,
i. e. rough, unpleasant) ; poet, for trouble Th i, 783.
See on phassa : Dhs. trsl. 5 & introd. (Iv.) bciii. ; Cpd.
12. 14, 94.
-ayatana organ of contact (6, referring to the several
senses) PvA 52. -ahara "touch-food," acquisition by
touch, nutriment of contact, one of the 3 aharas, viz.
phass", mano-sancetana" (n. of representative cogitation)
and virifian° (of intellection) Dhs 71-73 ; one of
the 4 kinds of ahara, or " food," with ref. to the 3
vedanas Vism 341. -kaya (6) groups of touch or contact
viz. cakkhu-samphasso, sota°, ghana", kaya°,
mano° D 111.243. -sampanna endowed with (lovely)
touch, soft, beautiful to feel J v.441 (cp. phassita).
Phassa' (adj.) [grd. fr. phusati, corresp. to Sk. spjsya] to
be felt, esp. as a pleasing sensation ; pleasant, beautiful
J
IV. 450 (gandhehi ph.).
Phassati stands for phusati at Vism 52 7 in def .
(" phassati ti phasso ").
of phassa
Phassana (f) [abstr. fr. phassa] touch, contact with
DhsA 167 (jhanassa labho . . . patti . . . phassana
sacchikiriya).
Phassita (adj.) [pp. of phasseti=Sk. sparsayati to bring
into contact] made to touch, brought into contact, only
in cpd. suphassita of pleasant contact, beautiful to the
touch, pleasant, perfect, symmetrical J 1.220 (civara).
394 (danta) ; iv.188 (danf avaranar)); v.197 (°^ the
membrum muliebre), 206 (read "phassita for "phussita).
21O ("cheka-karana) ; VvA 275 (as e.xpl" of ativa
sangata Vv 64*). — Note. Another (doubtful) phassita
is found at J v. 252 (dhammophassito ; touched, attained)
where vv. 11. give passita & phussita.
Phasseti [Caus. of phusati'] to touch, attain J v. 251 (raja
dhammar) phassayai) =C. phassayanto ;
phu°) ; Miln 338 (amatai), cp. phusati), 340 (phassayeyya
Pot.). — Pass, phassiyati Vin 11. 148 (kavata na
ph. ; V. 1. phussiy"). — pp. phassita & phussita-".
vv. 11. pa" &
'Phateti is conjectured reading for pateti in phrase
katthai) pateti M 1.2 1, and in adhipateti to split (see
adhipata & vipata). The derivation of these expressions
from pat is out of place, where close relation to
phaleti (phalati) is evident, and a derivation from
phat=sphat, as in Sk. sphatayati to split, is the only
right expl° of meaning. In that case we should put
phal = 8phat, where l = t, as in many Pali words, cp.
phalika< sphatika (see Geiger, P.Gr. § 38'). The Prk.
correspondent is pha