…he handed to Ānanda. When Pukkusa had left, Ānanda draped one robe over the Buddha, and was greatly astonished at its pale appearance in…

…Mil.5. Further as pukkusakula as the last one of the despised clans (caṇḍālakula, nesāda˚, veṇa˚, rathakāra˚ p.˚) at…

A potter in Rājagaha in whose dwelling the Buddha met and conversed with Pukkusāti. MN.iii.237

Bhaggava seems to have been a generic name for all potters, perhaps a special form of address used towar …

In the time of Kassapa Buddha he was a potter of Vehaliṅga, looking after his blind parents. He was a very pious and devoted follower of the Buddha, ministering to him better than anyone else, and the …

…by name—e.g., Dabba, Pukkusa, Khaṇḍasumana, Bhadragaka, Rāsiya, Rojā and Sīha.

Other places in the Malla country, besides Pāvā and…

A young monk whom the Buddha met at the house of Bhaggava, the potter, in Rājagaha. Pukkusāti was already occupying the guest room of the house, and the Buddha asked to be allowed to share it, to whic …

…the Buddha tells Pukkusa of another occasion on which he was staying in the Bhūsāgāra in Ātumā. There was a thunderstorm and two…

…mentions a Mallian, Pukkusa, who says he had been Āḷāra’s disciple, but who, when he hears the Buddha’s sermon, confesses faith in…

…Dhp-a.ii.25. See also pukkusa.

Vedic caṇḍāla

Caṇḍāla²

neuter a kind of amusement or trick DN.i.6≈(= ayogulakīḷā…

adjective throwing away, removing, in puppha˚ a flower-rubbish remover (see pukkusa) Thag.620; Vism.194
■ f. chaḍḍikā see *kacavara*˚.

…Nesāda, Rathakāra & Pukkusa; and ukkaṭṭhā j. (superior birth), comprising Khattiyas Brāhmaṇas
■ The var. meanings of jāti…

…veṇa nesāda r. pukkusa), Vin.iv.12 (˚jāti) MN.ii.152, MN.ii.183 f.; as kārin at Pv.iii.1#13 (explained as…

…a low & despised class (cp. pukkusa) Vin.iv.6; SN.i.93 (˚kula); AN.ii.85 (id.); AN.iii.385 Pp.51; f. veṇī Ja.v.306 (=…