neuter · pokkhara 1 · pokkhara 2
lotus
a lotus; lotus plant; the tip of an elephant’s trunk; the trunk of a lute
Pokkhara (neuter) [cf. Vedic puṣkara, from pus, though a certain relation to puṣpa seems to exist, cf. Sanskrit puṣpapattra a kind of arrow (literal lotus-leaf) Abhidh-r-m 2, 314, and Pāli pokkhara-patta] 1. a lotus plant, primarily the leaf of it, figuring in poetry and metaphor as not being able to be wetted by water Snp 392, 812 (vuccati paduma-pattaṃ Nidd I 135); Dhp 336; It 84. 2. the skin of a drum (from its resemblance to the lotus-leaf) S II 267; Miln 261 (bheri°). as proper name of an angel (Gandhabba) "Drum" at Vv 18 9 . 3. a species of waterbird (crane): see compound °sātaka. -ṭṭha standing in water (?) Vin I 215 (vanaṭṭha + p.), 238 (the same); -patta a lotus leaf Snp 625; Dhp 401 (= paduma-patta Dhp-a IV 166); Miln 250; -madhu the honey sap of Costus speciosus (a lotus) Ja V 39, 466; -vassa "lotus-leaf rain," a portentous shower of rain, serving as special kind of test shower in which certain objects are wetted, but those showing a disinclination towards moisture are left untouched, like a lotus-leaf Ja I 88; VI 586; Pj I 164; Dhp-a III 163; -sātaka a species of crane, Ardea Siberica Ja VI 539 (koṭṭha + p.); Pj II 359. Cf. proper name Pokkharasāti Snp 594; Snp page 115; Pj II 372.
【中】 睡蓮，睡蓮植物，象鼻端，琴身。~tā,【陰】 美。~patta,【中】 蓮葉。~madhu,【中】 睡蓮的蜜汁。~vassa,【中】 一場花雨，雪暴風雨。
(nt, nt) blue water lily; Nymphaea nouchali lotus, lotus plant
(nt, nt) drum-skin [lit.] (resembling a) water lily
(nt, nt) tip of an elephant's trunk
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