The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Peseti
Peseti [pa+i+ to send] to send forth or out, esp. on a message or to a special purpose, i. e. to employ as a
servant or (intrs.) to do service (so in many derivations) 1. to send out J i.86, 178, 253; iv.169 (pa**a');
v.399; vi.448; Mhvs 14, 29 (ratha'); DhA iii.190; PvA 4, 20, 53. -- 2. to employ or order (cp. pesaka), in
Pass. pesiyati to be ordered or to be in service Vin ii.177 (ppr. pesiyam!na); J v.17 (ppr. pesiyanto). -- pp.
pesita. See also pessa & derivations.
Pessa
Pessa [grd. formn fr. peseti, Vedic pre+ya, f. pre+y!. This is the contracted form, whilst the diaeretic form is
pesiya, for which also pesika] a messenger, a servant, often in combn d!s! ti v! pess! ti v! kammakar! ti
v!, e. g. D i.141; S i.76, 93 (slightly diff. in verse); A ii.208 (spelt pes!); iv.45; DhA ii.7. See also A iii.37;
iv.266, 270; J v.351; Pug 56; DA i.300. At Sn 615 pessa is used in the sense of an abstr. n.= pessit! service
(=veyyavacca SnA 466). So also in cpds. -- kamma service J vi.374; -- k!ra a servant J vi.356.
Pessit!
Pessit! (f.) [abstr. fr. pessa, Sk. *pre+yat!] being a servant, doing service J vi.208 (para˚ to someone else).
Pessiya & ˚ka
Pessiya & ˚ka [see pessa] servant; m. either pessiya Vv 8446 (spelt pesiya, expld by pesana -- k!raka,
veyy!vaccakara VvA 349); J vi.448 (=pesana -- k!raka C.), or
-- 474 --
pessika Sn 615, 651; J vi.552; f. either pessiy! (para˚) Vv 185 (spelt pesiy!, but v. l. SS pessiy!, expld as
pesaniy! paresa' veyy!vacca -- k!r" VvA 94); J iii.413 (=parehi pesitabb! pesana -- k!rik! C. 414), or
pessik! J vi.65.
Pehi
Pehi is imper. 2nd sg. of pa+i, "go on," said to a horse A iv.190 sq., cp. S i.123.
Pokkhara
Pokkhara (nt.) [cp. Vedic pu+kara, fr. pus, though a certain relation to pu+pa seems to exist, cp. Sk.
pu+papattra a kind of arrow (lit. lotus -- leaf) Hal!yudha 2, 314, and P. pokkhara -- patta] 1. a lotus plant,
primarily the leaf of it, figuring in poetry and metaphor as not being able to be wetted by water Sn 392, 812
(vuccati paduma -- patta' Nd1 135); Dh 336; It 84. -- 2. the skin of a drum (from its resemblance to the
lotus -- leaf) S ii.267; Miln 261 (bheri˚). As Np. of an angel (Gandhabba) "Drum" at Vv 189. -- 3. a species
of waterbird (crane): see cpd. ˚sataka. -- &&ha standing in water (?) Vin i.215 (vana&&ha+), 238 (id.). -- patta a
lotus leaf Sn 625; Dh 401 (=paduma -- patta DhA iv.166); Miln 250. -- madhu the honey sap of Costus
speciosus (a lotus) J v.39, 466. -- vassa "lotus -- leaf rain," a portentous shower of rain, serving as special
kind of test shower in which certain objects are wetted, but those showing a disinclination towards moisture
are left untouched, like a lotus -- leaf J i.88; vi.586; KhA 164; DhA iii.163. -- s!taka a species of crane,
Ardea Siberica J vi.539 (ko&&ha+); SnA 359. Cp. Np. Pokkharas!ti Sn 594; Sn p. 115; SnA 372.
Pokkhara*"