Pūtana,又作富多那,富單那,布單那,富陀那。譯為臭餓鬼。餓鬼中之最勝者。玄應音義二十一曰:「布怛那舊云富單那,或作富多那,此義云臭,是餓鬼中勝者也。」慧琳音義十二曰:「布單那或富陀那,皆不正音也。此云臭穢,雖身形臭穢,是餓鬼中福之最勝者。」
pūtanā, 布單那; 富多那 (or 富單那 or 富陀那) a female demon poisoning or the cause of wasting in a child; interpreted as a stinking hungry demon, and the most successful of demons.