adjective asking, questioning Dhs-a.2, Dhs-a.3 (pañha˚).

fr. pṛch

(one) who asks about (the health) of a sick person; (one) who visits the sick.

questioning about the (day of the) uposatha ceremony

…-pucchaka one who asks (i.e. enquires after) the sick Vin.iv.88 = Vin.iv.115 Vin.iv.118;…

the doing, deed, work orig. meaning (see karoti) either building (cp. Lit kùrti, Opr. kūra to build) or weaving, plaiting (still in mālākamma and latā˚ “the intertwining of garland …

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…vikatā; pucañcikaka; pucchakatā) and connects it with pucchaṃ cāleti (wagging of a dog’s tail, hence “agitation”); Expositor…