A hell, or a period of suffering. It is equal to twelve Padumas. The Kokālika monk was born in Kumuda hell.SN.i.152f. Snp.p.126

5hell

…a hell or place in Avīci (where one suffers for a kumuda of years).

1. the white lotus Dhp.285; Vv.35#4 (= Vv-a.161); Ja.v.37 (seta˚); Vism.174; DN-a.i.139.
2. a high numeral, in vīsati kumudā nirayā AN.v.173 = Snp.p.126.

• -naḷa a lotus-stalk …

…Ababa, Aṭaṭa, Ahaha, Kumuda, Sogandhika, Uppala, Puṇḍarīka, Paduma. SN.i.149 AN.v.173 Snp.p.126

The Devadūta Sutta MN.iii.185 of the…

~ī, feminine the stalk of the kumuda

…(mālā˚), Ja.i.100 (uppalakumuda˚); Ja.v.39 (usīra˚); Mil.33; Pv-a.257, Pv-a.260 (ucchu˚), Pv-a.272 (veḷu˚); Pv-a.46 (kesā),…

…honti) or in phrase komudiyā puṇṇamāya Dhp-a.iii.461.

fr. kumuda the white waterlily, cp. Sk. kaumudī

…(red white); kumuda (white) and kallahāra. See further kamala and kuvalaya

1. the lotus…

…in full bloom Dāvs iv.49 (˚kumuda). Cp phuṭita.

pp. of sphuṭ; to expand, blossom

Phuṭa³

at MN.i.377…

…ratta-seta-paduma, seta-kumuda kalla-hāra
■ DN.i.75; DN.ii.19; Vin.iii.33 (˚gandha); Ja.ii.443; Dhp.55; Vv.32#2; Vv.35#4 ; Pv.ii.1#20;…