the sprout (fr. the root) of a lotus the lotus fibres, lotus plant SN.i.204; SN.ii.268; Ja.i.100 Ja.iv.308.

• -puppha the lotus flower Snp.2 (= paduma-puppha Snp-a.16).
• -muḷāla fibres & stalk of the lotus Ja.v.39 Vism.361.

cp. Vedic bisa, with bh for b: see Geiger, P.Gr. § 40 1a