Puthu: 2 definitions
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: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryputhu : (ind.) separated; individual; far and wide; separately.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPuthu, (adj.) (both Vedic p峁泃hak & p峁泃hu, lit. spread out, far & wide, flat, of Idg. *pl膿t broad, Sk. prath to expand, p峁泃ha岣� palm of hand Av. frapah breadth, cp. Gr. platu味 broad, pl维tanos plane tree, Lith. plat霉s broad, Lat. planta sole of foot, Ohg. flado pancake, Ags. flet ground, E. flat) 1. (=p峁泃hak) separated, individual, adv. separated, individual, adv. separately, each (also given as puthag eva KAcc. 29) S. I, 75 (puthu att膩 individual self); Th. 1, 86; J. IV, 346 (=visu峁� visu峁� C.); Miln. 4. See further under cpds.鈥�2. (=p峁泃hu). The forms (pl.) are both puthu & puth奴, both as adj. & n.; puth奴 more frequent found in metre.鈥攏umerous, various, several, more, many, most D. I, 185 (puthu sa帽帽agg膩; opp. eka峁�); S. I, 181 (puth奴), 207 (id.); Sn. 769 (puth奴 k膩me=bah奴 Nd1 11); 1043, 1044 (puth奴= bahuk膩 Nd2 449b); Th. 2, 344 (puthu=puthu satt膩 ThA. 241); J. VI, 205 (puth奴). nt. adv. puthu & puthu峁� greatly, much, in many ways Sn. 580 (=aneka-ppak膩ra峁� SnA 460); Vv 624 (=mahanta峁� VvA. 258).鈥攇umba experienced in many crafts J. VI, 448 (=aneka-sippa-帽帽u C.).鈥攋ja (puthu 1, but see remarks on puthujjana) common, ordinary Sn. 897, 911 (=puthujjanehi janita Nd1 308).鈥攖itthakara a common sectarian D. I, 116 (thus to puthu 1, but DA. I, 287= bah奴 t.) 鈥攄dis膩 (puthu 1) each separate quarter 鈥渁ll the diverse quarters鈥� S. I, 234.鈥攑a帽帽a (adj.) of wide wisdom (p. 2) A. I, 130; II, 67 (v. l. h膩sa掳).鈥攑a帽帽at膩 wide wisdom A. I, 45.鈥攑膩峁噄ya ordinary (p. 1) mode of shampooing with the hand Vin. II, 106 (Bdhgh on p. 316 explns pudhu-p膩峁噄kan ti hattha parikamma峁� vuccati 鈥渕anual performance, 鈥� thus not identical with p膩峁噄k膩 on p. 151).鈥攂h奴ta (p. 2) widely spread S. II, 107; but cp. BSk p峁涐弓hag bhavati to be peculiar to Divy 58, 100.鈥攎ati wide understanding S. I, 236.鈥攍oma 鈥渇lat fin, 鈥� N of a fish 鈥渢he finny carp鈥� (Mrs. Rh. D.) Vv 4411 (=dibba-maccha VvA. 191); Th. 2, 508 (=so-called fish ThA. 292); J. IV, 466.鈥攙acana 鈥渟peaking in many (bad) ways, 鈥� or 鈥減eople of various speech鈥� (so expld Nd1 397) Sn. 932 (prob. better 鈥渟peaking ordinary talk鈥�=puthu 1).鈥攕att膩 (pl.)=puthujjan膩, common people, the masses S. I, 44; Pv III, 73. (Page 466)
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+20): Padavi, Patthava, Puthu Sutta, Puthubhuta, Puthujjana, Puthujjanata, Puthujjanika, Puthuka, Puthula, Puthuloma, Puthupatti, Puthur, Puthuso, Puthutta, Puthutva, Puthuvindhara, Puttukkati, Puttuman, Puttumankay, Puttuvani.
Full-text (+93): Patthava, Dighaputhu, Putuccarakku, Byanjanavidhiputhu, Putuccevakan, Puttumankay, Putukkacu, Putuppacalai, Puthuso, Puttukkati, Kalavaykkal, Putumaniyam, Putunir, Putumappillai, Putukkol, Pututtannir, Putuppokku, Putumanam, Putumatu, Putucceykai.
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Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter III-f - Visit to other worlds (6): Higher Deva Realms < [Volume I]
Chapter XXI - Former Buddhas < [Volume III]
Ahara as depicted in the Pancanikaya (by Le Chanh)
7. Bhuta-sutta (鈥淏ecome or Come to be鈥�) < [Appendix 1 - Buddha's teachings on Ahara (Pali texts and English translations)]
Gemstones of the Good Dhamma (by Ven. S. Dhammika)
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
2. Conclusion (Ma峁囜笉apas) < [Chapter 6 - Conclusion]
Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)
Part 1.3 - Nekkhamma or Naiskramya Paramita (detachment from the world) < [Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Ch枚dr枚n)
Bodhisattva quality 12: having passed beyond the works of M膩ra < [Chapter X - The Qualities of the Bodhisattvas]