…pa + siv, late Sk. prasevaka → P. pasebbaka → pasibbaka, cp. Geiger.

Pali Grammar

§ 15#1

…Ja.iii.346 (sattu˚ = sattu pasibbaka flour sack); Ja.v.45 Thag-a.212 (udaka˚). biḷāra-bhastā a bag of catskin MN.i.128 (=…

…(nt.) a drum Bv.i.31;

• -pasibbaka a sack, made of skin or leather Thag-a.283; Ja.vi.431, Ja.vi.432 (as variant…

…(bandhanaṃ, pāsaṃ, pasibbakaṃ, jīvaṃ, gīvaṃ, sīsaṃ hatthapāde, etc.) and fig. (taṇhaṃ, mohaṃ, āsavā saṃyojanāni,…

…camma-pasibbakāhi vālukādīhi), Ja.vi.432 (gloss c. pasibbaka).

of uncertain origin

basket Ja.i.9, Ja.i.243; Ja.ii.68; Ja.iii.21; Ja.vi.369 (paṇṇa˚), Ja.vi.560 (phala˚); Dhp-a.ii.3; Dhp-a.iv.205 (˚pasibbaka).

etym. doubtful

…boiled in a bag Ja.v.46 (˚pasibbaka cake-bag); Dhp-a.i.319 (jāla˚ net-cake variant reading pūva). See also pūva.

cp….

…Dhs.646.

• -āpaṇa baker’s shop Ja.vi.365.
• -pasibbaka flour sack
• -bhasta id….

…Mhvs.7, Mhvs.27; sāṇipasibbaka a sack or bag of hempcloth Vin.iii.17#2
■ paṭṭa-sāṇī a screen of fine cloth Ja.i.395.

fr….

…meal) Ja.i.266, Ja.i.291; Ja.ii.320; Vism.314; Dhp-a.iii.219. -pasibbaka betel-bag Ja.vi.367.

Sk. tambūla