The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Pottha
Pottha1 [?] poor, indigent, miserable J ii.432 (=potthaka- pilotik!ya nivatthat! pottho C.; v. l. po&ha). See
also *ponti, with which ultimately identical.
Pottha
Pottha2 [later Sk. pusta, etym. uncertain; loan -- word?] modelling, only in cpd. ˚kamma plastering (i. e.
using a mixture of earth, lime, cowdung & water as mortar) J vi.459; carving DhsA 334; and ˚kara a
modeller in clay J i.71. Cp. potthaka1.
Potthaka
Potthaka1 [cp. Class. Sk. pustaka] 1. a book J i.2 (aya˚ ledger); iii.235, 292; iv.299, 487; VvA 117. -- 2.
-- 475 --
anything made or modelled in clay (or wood etc.), in r(pa˚ a modelled figure J vi.342; ThA 257; DA i.198;
Sdhp 363, 383. Cp. pottha2.
Potthaka
Potthaka2 (nt.) [etym.?] cloth made of makaci fibre Vin i.306 (cp. Vin. Texts ii.247); A i.246 sq.; J iv.251
(=ghana -- s!&aka C.; v. l. sa*a˚); Pug 33.
Potthanik!
Potthanik! (f.) [fr. puth?] a dagger (=potthan") Vin ii.190=DA i.135 (so read here with v. l. for T. ˚iy!).
Potthan"
Potthan" (f.) [fr. puth?] a butcher's knife J vi.86 (ma'sa- ko&&hana˚), 111 (id.).
Pothujjanika
Pothujjanika (adj.) [fr. puthujjana] belonging to ordinary man, common, ordinary, in 2 combns viz. (1)
phrase h"na gamma p. anariya Vin i.10; S iv.330; A v.216; (2) with ref. to iddhi Vin ii.183; J i.360; Vism
97. Cp. Vin. Texts iii.230. The BSk. forms are either p!rthag -- janika Lal. Vist 540, or pr!thug --
janika MVastu iii.331.
Pothetv!
Pothetv! at J ii.404 (ummukk!ni p.) is doubtful. The vv. ll. are yodhetv! & sodhetv! (the latter a preferable
reading).
Poddava
Poddava see g!ma˚.
Ponobhavika