past participle
burst
born fruit; burst open; split
Phalita 1 (adjective) [sporadic spelling for palita] grey-haired Pv-a 153. Phalita 2 [past participle of phal to burst, for the usual phulla, after analogy with phalita 3 ] broken, only in phrase hadayaṃ phalitaṃ his heart broke Dhp-a I 173; hadayena phalitena with broken heart Ja I 65. Phalita 3 [past participle of phal to bear fruit] fruit bearing, having fruit, covered with fruit (of trees) Vin II 108; Ja I 18; Miln 107, 280.
(pp, pp of phalati) split open; cracked born fruit, burst open, split Construction: √phal + ita