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Phusati 103 Phoseti
D 1. 1 84; samatha-samadhir) Vv i6* (reads aphusig but
should prob. be aphusirj as VvA 84. expH by adhigacchir))
phalar) aphussayi (aor. med.) Pv iv.i'*; cp.
;
PvA 243 ; amatag padag Pv iv.j*^ ; amatat) Miln 338
in bad sense kappat-
(but T. reads khippuii phdsseti a.) ;
thitikai] kammag Miln 108 (of Devadatta). — pp.
phuttha. Cp. upa°.
Phasati' this is a specific Pali form and represents two
Sk. roots, which are closely related to each other and
go back to the foil. 2 Idg. roots : i. Idg. *sp(h)rj, burst
out, burst (forth), spring, sprinkle, as in Sk. sphurjati
burst forth, parjanya rain cloud ; Gr. (r^'ipnyfw Ags.
;
spearca = E. spark. E. spring, sprinkle. This is an
enlargement of sphuT (cp. pharati, phuttha, phuta). —
2. Idg. *sprk to sprinkle, speckle, as in Sk. pra$, prsni
speckled, prsan, prsati spotted antelope, prsata raindrop
; Gr. wiftKvoij of dark (lit. spotted) colour; Lat.
spargere = Ger. sprcngen. To this root belong P.
—• pasata, phoseti, paripphosaka, phussa, phusita. Inf.
phusitur), conjectured reading at Vin 1.205 fo'' f.
phositur) (vv. U. positur) & dhovitut)), & Vin 11. 151 for
T. positug ; Vin. Texts 111.169 translate " bespatter."
Phasana (nt.) [abstr. fr. phusati' i] touch ^'ism 463.
Phusana (f) [abstr. fr. phusati' 2] attainment, gaining,
reaching Vism 278 ( =phuttha-tthana) ; DhA 1.230
(flaija°); VvA 85 (samadhi°).
Phasayati [Caus. of pra?, but formed fr. P. phusati-] to
sprinkle (rain), to rain gently, drizzle S 1.104 sq., 154,
184 (devo ekag ekag ph. " drop by drop "). See also
anuphusayati (so read for "phusiyati).
Phusita' (nt.) [either pp. of phusati- or direct correspon-
dent of Sk. prsata (see pasata-)] rain-drop M 111.300 ;
S n.135 : DhA 111.243. The Prk. equivalent is phusiya
(Pischel, Gr. § 208), cp. Ger. sprenkeln>E. sprinkle.
Phusita- [pp. of phusati^ 2. i. e. pru?, cp. Sk. prusita
sprinkled, prsati spotted antelope] spotted, coloured,
variegated (with flowers) Sn 233 (°agga=supupphit'
agga-sakha KhA 192).
Phns(s)ita'' [ = phassita-, Kern. Toev. s. v. takes it as pp.
of 'pugsayati] touched, put on, in "aggaja with fastened
(clinched) bolts (or better: door-wings) M 1.76 (reads
phassit" ; cp. v. 1. on p. 535 phussit") ; A i.ioi ; Th i, 385 ;
J VI. 5 10.
Phositaka (adj.) (-") [fr. phusita') having raindrops, only
in phrase thulla° deva (the sky) shedding big drops of
rain S 11.32 (reads phuUa-phusitaka) ; 111.141 ; A 1.243 ;
11.140 ; V.I 14 ; Vism 259.
Phussa' [fr. pu9 to blossom, nourish, etc. cp. Ved. pusya]
I. see phussa^ 2. — 2. N. of a month (Dec. -Jan.)
J 1.86. N. of a lunar mansion or constellation Vv 53*
(=phussa-taraka VvA 236). — Frequent as Np., cp.
Vism 422, and comb" like °deva, °mitta.
Phussa^ [ger. of phusati'] touching, feeling, realising
doubled at D 1.45, 54.
Phussa^ (adj.-n.) [grd. formation fr. phusati^ 2 ; scarcely
fr. Sk. pusya (to puj nourish, cp. poseti), but meaning
rather " speckled " in all senses. The Sk. pu^yaratha
is Sanskritisation of P. phussa"] i. speckled,
gaily-coloured, "kokila the spotted cuckoo [Kern,
Toev. s. v. phussa however takes it as " male-cuckoo."
Sk. pugs-kokila] J v.419, 423 ; VvA 57. — As phussaka
at A 1. 188 (so read for pussaka). — 2. in sense of
"clear, excellent, exquisite" (or it is pusya in .sense
of " substance, essence " of anything, as Geiger, /'. Cr.
§ 40 la ?) in °ratha [cp. Sk. puspa°, but prob. to be read
pusya" ?] a wonderful state carriage running of its own
accord J 11.39 ; in. 238 ; iv.34 , v. 248 vi.39 ; sq.) v. 1.
pussa") ; PvA 74. -raga [cp. Sk. puspa-raga] topaz
Miln 118; VvA III. — At Nd' 90 as v. 1. to be
preferred to pussa° in °tila, "tela, "dantakattha, etc.
with ref. to their use by Brahmins.
PheggU [cp. Vedic phalgu & P. phaggu in form] accessory
wood, wood surrounding the pith of a tree, always
with ref. to trees (freq. in similes), in sequence mula,
sara, pheggu, taca, papatika etc. It is represented as
next to the pith, but inferior and worthless. At all
passages contrasted with sara (pith, substance). Thus
at M 1. 192 sq., 488 ; D in.51 ; S iv.168 ; A 1.152 (pheggu -H
sara, v. 1. phaggu) ; 11. 1 10 =Pug 52 ; A HI. 20 ; J ill. 431
(opp. sara); Miln 267, 413 (tacchako pheggug apaharitva
sarag adiyati).
Phegguka (-") (adj.) [fr pheggu] having worthless wood,
weak, inferior M 1.488 (apagata", where "ka belongs
to the whole cpd.) ; J III. 318 (a°-(-saramaya).
Phegguta (f.) [abstr. fr. pheggu] state of dry wood ;
substance, worthlessness Pug A 229.
lack of
Phei^a [cp. Vedic phena, with *ph fr. sp", connected with
Lat. spuma, scum, Ags. fam=Ger. feim=E. foam]
scum, foam, froth, only in cpds. viz. :
-uddehakag (adv.) (paccamana, boiling) with scum
on top, throwing up foam M 111.167; A 1.141 ; Nd-
304"'