The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pal!la (m. & nt.) [cp. Ved. & Epic Sk. pal!la] straw J i.488; DhA i.69. -- channaka a roof of thatch Th 1,
208. -- pi*.a a bundle of straw Vism 257= KhA 56. -- p"&haka "straw foot -- stool," a kind of punishment or
torture M i.87= A ii.122=Miln 197 (see Miln trsl. i.277 "Straw Seat," i. e. being so beaten with clubs, that
the bones are broken, and the body becomes like a heap of straw); Nd1 154; Nd2 604; J v.273. -- puñja a
heap of straw D i.71; M iii.3; A i.241; ii.210; Pug 68; VbhA 367. -- puñjaka same as puñja Miln 342.
Pal!)ita
Pal!)ita see pala)ita.
Pal!sa
Pal!sa1 (m. & nt.) [Vedic pal!$a] 1. the tree Butea fron- dosa or Judas tree J iii.23 (in Pal!sa J!taka). -- 2. a
leaf; collectively (nt.) foliage, pl. (nt.) leaves S ii.178; J i.120 (nt.); iii.210, 344; PvA 63 (˚antare; so read
for p!s' antare), 113 (ghana˚), 191 (s!li˚). puppha˚ blossoms & leaves DhA i.75; s!kh!˚ branches & leaves
M i.111; J i.164; Miln 254; pa*.u˚ a sear leaf Vin i.96; iii.47; iv.217; bahala˚ (adj.) thick with leaves J i.57.
-- pal!s!ni (pl.) leaves J iii.185 (=pal!sapa**!ni C.); PvA 192 (=bh(s!ni).
Pal!sa
Pal!sa2 & (more commonly) Pa)!sa [according to Trenckner, Notes 83, from ras, but BSk. prad!$a points
to pa+ d!$a=d!sa "enemy" this form evidently a Sanskritisation] unmercifulness, malice, spite. Its nearest
synonym is yuga -- gg!ha (so Vbh 357; Pug 18, where yuddhagg!ha is read; J iii.259; VvA 71); it is often
combd with macchera (Vv 155) and makkha (Miln 289). M i.15, 36, 488; A i.79; J ii.198; Vbh 357;
Pug 18 (+pa)!s!yan!, etc.). -- apa)!sa mercifulness M i.44.
Pal!sata
Pal!sata [so read for palasata & palasada; cp. Vedic parasvant given by BR. in meaning "a certain large
animal, perhaps the wild ass"] a rhinoceros J v.206, 408; vi.277.
Pal!sika
Pal!sika (adj.) [fr. pal!sa1] 1. in cpd. pa*.u˚ one who lives by eating withered leaves DA i.270, 271. -- 2.
in cpd. eka˚ (up!han!) (a shoe) with one lining (i. e. of leaves) Vin i.185 (=eka pa&ala Bdhgh; see Vin.
Texts ii.13).
Pal!sin
Pal!sin (pa)!sin) (adj.) [fr. pal!sa2] spiteful, unmerciful, malicious M i.43 sq., 96; A iii.111; combd with
makkhin at Vin ii.89 (cp. Vin Texts iii.38); J iii.259. apa)!sin D iii.47 (amakkhin+); M i.43; A iii.111; Pug
22; see also separately.
Pali˚
Pali˚ [a variant of pari˚, to be referred to the M!gadh" dialect in which it is found most frequently, esp. in
the older language, see Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 257; Geiger, P.Gr. § 44] round, around (=pari) only as prefix in
cpds. (q. v.). Often we find both pari˚ & pali˚ in the same word.
Palikujjati
Palikujjati [pali+kujjati] to bend oneself over, to go crooked M i.387.