1. a sheath for a needle Ja.iii.282.
2. a bowl, container, or vessel for food Ja.i.349 (variant reading kesaka); MN.ii.6, MN.ii.7, (-˚āhāra adj. living on a bowl-full of food; also aḍḍha˚) Vism.263. …

…brahmin of Rājagaha who—incensed that his eldest brother, a member of the Bhāradvāja…

(-ikā)n. & masculine (one) who abuses, scolds, reviles.

(one) who abuses and insults.

(one) who does not abuse or insult

living on (only) a small bowlful of food.

silkworm.

adjective one who abuses, scolds or reviles, + paribhāsaka AN.ii.58; AN.iii.252; AN.iv.156; AN.v.317; Pv-a.251.

from last

1. rough, hard, harsh (lit. & fig.) Dhs.648 (opp.; muduka Dhs.962 (rūpaṃ paṭhavīdhātu: kakkhalaṃ kharagataṃ kakkhaḷattaṃ kakkhaḷabhāvo); Vism.349 (= thaddha), Vism.591, Vism.592 (˚ …

…or bowl for food: see kosaka. 4. a cocoon see-˚*kāraka*. 5. the membranous cover of the male sexual…

key, Bdhgh on C. V. v.29, 2 (Vin.ii.319) cp. tāla Vin.ii.148; Vism.251 (˚kosaka a case for a key) DN-a.i.200, DN-a.i.207, DN-a.i.252; Dhp-a.ii.143.

…(= akkosaka Pv-a.58); Pv.iv.8#4; Vv-a.69. See also akkosaka.

fr. paribhāsa, cp. BSk….

…Ud.i.7 we read cittaṃ, see Morris loc. cit. May the meaning be “muzzle”?

• -kosaka gall-bladder Kp-a.61; Vism.263;…