The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pi'sati2 [pi+ or pi'+, Vedic pina+&i, cp. Lat. pinso to grind, p"la=pestle, pistillum=pistil; Lith. paisVti to
pound barley; Gr. pti/ssw id.; Ohg. fesa= Nhg. fese] 1. to grind, crush, pound J i.452; ii.363; iv.3
(matthaka'), 440 (akaluñ candanañ ca sil!ya p.); Miln 43; DhA iii.184 (gandhe pi'sissati; BB pisissati). --
2. to knock against each other, make a sound J v.202: see pi'sati1. -- pp. pi'sa & pi&&ha1. See also pisati
and pa&i˚.
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Pinka
Pinka [for pinga yellow, brownish, tawny] a young shoot, sprout J iii.389 (v. l. singa, which also points to
pinga; expld by pav!la).
Pinga
Pinga see pinka.
Pingala
Pingala (adj.) [see pi'sati1, cp. Vedic pingala] 1. reddish- yellow, brown, tawny S i.170; J vi.199
(=pingiya). 2. red -- eyed, as sign of ugliness J iv.245 (as Np.; combd with nikkhanta -- d!&ha); v.42
(tamba -- d!&hika nibbiddha -- pingala); Pv ii.41 (=˚locana PvA 90; +ka)!ra -- danta). -- kipillaka the red ant
DhA iii.206. -- cakkhut! redeyedness PvA 250. -- makkhik! the gadfly J iii.263 (=.a'sa) Nd2 268=SnA
101 (id.); SnA 33 (where a distinction is made between k!*a -- makkhik! and pingala˚), 572 (=.a'sa).
Pingiya
Pingiya (adj.) [fr. Vedic pinga] reddish -- brown, yellow J vi.199.
Pingul!
Pingul! (f.) [a var. of Sk. pingal!, a kind of owl] a species of bird J vi.538.
Picu
Picu1 [cp. Class. Sk. picu] cotton Vin i.271; usually in cpds, either as kapp!sa˚ S v.284, 443, or t(la˚ S
v.284, 351 (T. thula˚), 443; J v.480 (T. tula˚). -- pa&ala membrane or film of cotton Vism 445. -- manda the
Nimb or Neem tree Azadizachta Indica Pv iv.16 (cp. PvA 220); the usual P. form is pucimanda (q. v.).
Picu
Picu2 [etym. unknown, prob. Non -- Aryan] a wild animal, said to be a kind of monkey J vi.537.
Piccha
Piccha (nt.) [cp. Epic Sk. piccha & puccha tail, to Lat. pinna, E. fin. Ger. finne] tail -- feather, esp. of the
peacock Vin i.186 (mora˚). -- dve˚ (& de˚) having two tail -- feathers J v.339, 341 (perhaps to be taken as
"wing" here, cp. Hal!yudha 2, 84=pak+a). Cp. piñcha & piñja.
Picchita