adjective
brittle
brittle; frail; perishable
Pabhaṅgu, Pabhaṅguṇa and °Pabhaṅgura (adjective) [from pa + bhanj, cf. BHS prabhanguṇatā destruction, perishableness Mvu III 338] brittle, easily destroyed, perishable, frail. (a) pabhaṅgu: S III 32; V 92; A I 254, 257 f.; III 16; As 380; Saddh 51, 553. (b) °guṇa: It 37; Ja I 393 (ittarā addhuvā pabhaṅguno calitā; reading may be pabhaṅguṇā); Dhp 139 (as noun; = pabhaṅgubhāva, pūtibhāva, Dhp-a III 71), 148 (= pūtikāya ibid. 111). (c) °gura Dhp 148 (v.l.); Thig-a 95; Saddh 562, 605. — See also pabhaṅga.
(adj, adj, from pabhañjati) brittle; breakable; fragile; perishable brittle, frail, perishable Construction: pa + √bhañj > bhaṅg + u