Pottha 1 [?] poor, indigent, miserable Ja II 432 (= potthakapilotikāya nivatthatā pottho commentary; v.l. poṭha). See also °ponti, with which ultimately identical. Pottha 2 [later Sanskrit pusta, etymology uncertain; loan-word?] modelling, only in compound °kamma plasterng (i.e. using a mixture of earth, lime, cowdung and water as mortar) Ja VI 459; carving As 334; and °kara a modeller in clay Ja I 71. Cf. potthaka 1 .