The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pu&a [etym. unknown, prob. dialectical, as shown by N. of P!&aliputta, where putta=pu&a since unfamiliar in
origin] orig. meaning "tube," container, hollow, pocket. -- 1. a container, usually made of leaves (cp. J
iv.436; v.441; vi.236), to carry fruit or other viands, a pocket, basket: ucchu˚ basket for sugar J iv.363;
pa**a˚ leaf -- basket PvA 168; phala˚ fruit basket J iv.436= vi.236; ph!nita(ssa)˚ basket of molasses, sugar
-- basket S i.175 (KS.: jar); J iv.366; DhA iv.232; m!l!˚ basket for garlands or flowers DhA iii.212 (baddha
made, lit. bound). In pu&a -- baddha -- kumm!sa VvA 308 perhaps meaning "cup." -- 2. a bag or sack,
usually referring to food carried for a journey, thus "knapsack" (or directly "provisions," taking the
container for what it contains DA i.288 puts pu&a'sa= p!theyya), in bhatta˚ bag with provisions J ii.82 (with
bandhati), 203; iii.200; DA i.270. Also at J iv.375 "bag" (tamba -- kipillaka˚). See below ˚a'sa & ˚bhatta. --
3. a tube, hollow, in n!s!˚ (n!sa˚) nostril J vi.74; Vism 195, 263, 362; KhA 65; hattha˚ the hollow of the
hand Miln 87; vatthi˚ bladder( -- bag) Vism 264; sippi -- pu&a oyster shell J v.197, 206. pu&a' karoti to form
a hollow VbhA 34. -- 4. box, container, see ˚bheda & ˚bhedana, in p!&ali -- pu&a seed box for the P. flower.
-- a'sa "bag -- shoulder" (for "shoulder -- bag," cp. a'sapu&a (assapu&a) & Ger. rucksack=knapsack. Rightly
expld by Bdhgh at DA i.288), a bag carrying provisions on journeys, hence "provision," in phrase
pu&a'sena with provisions (v. l. at all places pu&osena) D i.117; M iii.80; A ii.183; cp. Dialogues i.150; see
also muto)". -- p!ka something cooked in a bag (like a meal -- pudding) Vism 500. -- baddha kind of
moccasins Vin i.186, see Vin. Texts ii.15. Spelt pu&a -- bandha at Vism 251=VbhA 234. -- bhatta "bag --
food," viaticum, provisions for journey J ii.423; KhA 46. -- bheda the breaking of the container (i. e. seed
boxes of the Sir"sa plant) VvA 344 (in vatthu where Sir"sa refers to P!&aliputta, cp. Vv 8452, 53). --
bhedana breaking of the (seed -- ) boxes of the P!&ali plant, referring primarily to the N. of P!&ali -- putta,
where putta represents a secondary P!lisation of Sk. ˚putra which again represents P.
-- 465 --
(or Non -- Aryan) pu&a (see Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 238 & 292). Through popular etym. a wrong conception of
the expression arose, which took pu&a in the sense of "wares, provisions, merchandise" (perhaps influenced
by pu&a'sa) and, based on C. on Ud 88 (bha*.ak!na' mocara -- &&h!na' vutta' hoti) gave rise to the
(wrong) trsln Dial. ii.92 "a centre for interchange of all kinds of wares." See also Miln trsln i.2; Buddh.
Suttas xvi. -- Vin i.229=D ii.87=Ud 88. After the example of P!&aliputta applied to the city of S!gala at
Miln 1 (n!n! -- pu&a -- bhedana' S˚ nagara'). Here clearly meant for "merchandise." -- Rh. D. in a note on
pu&abhedana gives expln "a town at the confluence or bend of a river" (cp. Jaina S(tras 2, 451).
Pu&aka
Pu&aka (nt.) [fr. pu&a] a bag, pocket, knapsack or basket J ii.83 (˚bhatta= provisions); DA i.263; DhA ii.82
(v. l. pi&aka & kutaka); iv.132 (pockets of a serpent's hood). Cp. bhatta.
Pu&&ha
Pu&&ha1 [pp. of pu+ (see poseti), Vedic pu+&a] nourished, fed, strengthened, brought up Sn 831; J iii.467.
Pu&&ha
Pu&&ha2 [pp. of pucchati, Vedic p%s&a] asked S ii.36; Sn 84, 122, 510 sq., 1036; DhA iv.132; PvA 10 (after
acc.) 68, 72 with sam!no A i.197. See also pucchita.
Pu&&ha
Pu&&ha3 see phu&&ha [=Sk. sp%+&a, cp. Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 311].
Pu&&hatta
Pu&&hatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. pu&&ha1] the fact of being fed or brought up by J ii.405 (va..hakin! ˚!).