The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Phaggu*a & Phaggu*" (f.) [cp. Vedic ph!lguna & ˚"] N. of a month (Feb. 15th -- March 15th), marking the
beginning of Spring; always with ref. to the spring full moon, as phaggu*a -- pu**am! at Vism 418;
phaggu*i˚ J i.86.
Pha*a
Pha*a [cp. Epic Sk. pha*a] the hood of a snake Vin i.91 (˚hatthaka, with hands like a snake's hood); J
iii.347 (pattha&a˚); DhA iii.231 (˚' ukkhipitv!); iv.133. Freq. as pha*a' katv! (only thus, in ger.) raising or
spreading its hood, with spread hood J ii.274; vi.6; Vism 399; DhA ii.257.
Pha*aka
Pha*aka [fr. pha*a] an instrument shaped like a snake's hood, used to smooth the hair Vin ii.107.
Pha*ijjaka
Pha*ijjaka [etym.?] a kind of plant, which is enumd at Vin iv.35=DA i.81 as one of the aggab"ja, i. e. plants
propagated by slips or cuttings, together with ajjuka & hirivera. At J vi.536 the C. gives bh(tanaka as
expln. According to Childers it is the plant Sam"ra*a.
Phandati
Phandati [spand, cp. Gr. sfada/cw to twitch, sfodro/s violent; Lat. pendeo "pend" i. e. hang down, cp.
pendulum; Ags. finta tail, lit. mover, throbber] 1. to throb, palpitate D i.52=M i.404, cp. DA i.159; Nd1 46.
-- 2. to twitch, tremble, move, stir J ii.234; vi.113 (of fish wriggling when thrown on land). -- Caus. II.
phand!peti to make throb D i.52=M i.404. -- pp. phandita (q. v.). Cp. pari˚, vi˚, sam˚. The nearest synonym
is calati.
Phandana
Phandana [fr. phandati, cp. Sk. spandana] 1. (adj.) throbbing, trembling, wavering Dh 33 (phandana'
capala'); J vi.528 (˚m!luv! trembling creeper); DhA i.50 (issa˚ throbbing with envy). -- 2. (m.) N. of a tree
Dalbergia (aspen?) A i.202; J iv.208 sq.; Miln 173. -- 3. (nt.) throb, trembling, agitation, quivering J vi.7
(˚matta' not even one throb; cp. phandita); Nd1 46 (ta*h! etc.).
Phandan!
Phandan! (f.) [fr. phandati] throbbing, agitation, move- ment, motion SnA 245 (calan!+); DA i.111; Nett
88 C.; cp. iñjan!.
Phandita
Phandita (nt.) [pp. of phandati] throbbing, flashing; throb M ii.24 (˚matt! "by his throbbings only"); pl.
phandit!ni "vapourings," imaginings Vbh 390 (where VbhA 513 only says "phandanato phandita'") cp.
Brethren 344.
Phanditatta
Phanditatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. phandita]=phandan! S v.315 (=iñjitatta).
Phara*a