masculine · pukkusa 1 · pukkusa 2
one who remove refuse
Pukkusa [non-Aryan; cf. Epic Sanskrit pukkuśa, pukkaśa pulkasa. The "Paulkāsa" are mentioned as a mixed caste at Vājasaneya Saṅhitā 30, 17 (cf. Zimmer, Altind. Leben 217)] name of a (Non-Aryan) tribe, hence designation of a low social class, the members of which are said (in the Jātakas) to earn their living by means of clearing refuse. On the subject see Fick, Soziale Gliederung 206, 207. — Found in following enumerations: khattiyā, brāhmaṇā, vessā, suddā, caṇḍāla-pukkusā A I 162 = III 214; Ja III 194 (explained by commentary chava-chaḍḍaka-caṇḍālā ca puppha-chaḍḍaka-pukkusā ca); IV 303; Pv II 6 12 ; Miln 5. Further as pukkusakula as the last one of the despised clans (caṇḍālakula, nesāda°, veṇa°, rathakāra°, p.°) at M III 169; S I 94; A II 85; Vin IV 6; Pp 51. With nesāda at Pv-a 176. — Cf. M III 169. {463}
【陽】 除去者，拒絕。
<b> <c c="#a00149">Pukkusa</c> </b> (1) <br>A prince of the Mallas. He was a disciple of Āḷāra Kālama, and one day, while on his way from Kusinārā to Pāvā, he saw the Buddha seated under a tree by the roadside and stayed to talk to him. He mentioned that once five hundred carts had passed by where Āḷāra sat, and yet so deep was he in meditation that he had failed to notice them. The Buddha told him how, when he himself was in Atumā in the Bhusāgāra, there was a great thunderstorm which killed two peasants and four oxen, but that he had heard and seen nothing, so deep was his concentration. Pukkusa was greatly impressed by this statement, and, having declared himself a follower of the Buddha, he gave to the Buddha two robes of cloth of gold, one of which, at the Buddha’s suggestion, he handed to Ānanda. When Pukkusa had left, Ānanda draped one robe over the Buddha, and was greatly astonished at its pale appearance in comparison with the deep gold of the Buddha’s body. <c c="#3b6bd3">DN.ii.130ff.</c> <br> <br> <b> <c c="#a00149">Pukkusa</c> </b> (2) <br>The name of a caste, classified among the despised castes. <c c="#3b6bd3">AN.ii.85</c> <c c="#3b6bd3">MN.ii.152</c> <br> <br> </deftext>
(masc, masc) refuse remover; garbage man; dustbin man; scavenger who remove refuse
(masc, masc) name of a young Mallan man name of a young Malla