The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

P!ligu*&hima (adj.) [doubtful, fr pali+gu*&h, see pali- gu*&hita; hapax legomenon] covered round (of
sandals) Vin i.186 (Vin. Texts ii.15: laced boots); v. l. BB ˚gun&hika.
P!licca
P!licca (nt.) [fr. palita] greyness of hair M i.49; S ii.2, 42; A iii.196; Dhs 644, 736, 869; VbhA 98.
P!libhaddaka
P!libhaddaka [fr. palibhadda=pari+bhadda, very aus- picious] the tree Butea frondosa J iv.205; Nd2
680Aii; Vism 256 (˚a&&hi); VbhA 239 (id.); KhA 46, 53; DhsA 14; DhA i.383. As ph!libhaddaka ( -- vana)
at J ii.162 (v. l. p!tali˚).
P!leti
P!leti [cp. (Epic) Sk. p!layati, fr. p!] 1. to protect, guard, watch, keep Sn 585; J i.55; iv.127; vi.589; Miln 4
(pa&hav" loka' p!leti, perhaps in meaning "keeps, holds, encircles," similar to meaning 2); Sdhp 33. 2.
(lit. perhaps "to see through safely"; for pal!yati by false analogy) to go on, to move, to keep going, in defn
of carati as viharati, iriyati, vattati, p!leti, yapeti, y!peti at Nd2 237; Vbh 252; DhsA 167. Cp. p!lana. So
also in phrase attha' p!leti (so read for paleti?) "to come home" i. e. to disappear Sn 1074 (see expld Nd2
28). See other refs. under pal!yati. pp. p!lita. See also abhi˚ & pari˚. A contracted (poetical) form is
found as pallate at J v.242, expld by C. as p!layati (p!layate), used as Med. -- Pass.
P!vaka
P!vaka (adj. n.) [fr. pu, Vedic p!vaka] 1. (adj.) pure, bright, clear, shining J v.419. -- 2. (m.) the fire S i.69;
A iv.97; Dh 71, 140; J iv.26; v.63 (=ka*ha -- vattanin) vi.236 (=aggi C.); Pv i.85; Vism 170 (=aggi).
P!vacana
P!vacana (nt.) [pa+vacana, with lengthening of first a (see Geiger, P.Gr. § 331)] a word, esp. the word of
the Buddha D i,88; S ii.259; Th 1, 587; 2, 457.
P!vadati
P!vadati [=pavadati] to speak out, to tell, show J ii.439; Pv iv.148; PvA 118.
-- 456 --
P!vassi
P!vassi see pavassati.
P!v!ra
P!v!ra [fr. pa+v%] 1. a cloak, mantle Vin i.281; J v.409 (expld as pavara -- dibba -- vattha!). -- 2. the mango
tree KhA 58 (˚puppha; Vism 258 at id. p. has p!v!raka˚).
P!v!rika
P!v!rika [fr. p!v!ra] a cloak -- seller (?) Vin iv.250.