dussa

Dussa1

neuter woven material, cloth, turban cloth; (upper) garment, clothes Vin.i.290 Vin.ii.128, Vin.ii.174; Vin.iv.159. DN.i.103; SN.v.71; MN.i.215; MN.ii.92; AN.v.347; Snp.679; Pv.i.10#3 (= uttarīyaṃ sāṭakaṃ Pv-a.49); Pv.ii.3#14; Pp.55; Pv-a.73, Pv-a.75
■ cīvara˚, q.v. chava˚ a miserable garment DN.i.166; AN.i.295; AN.ii.206; MN.i.78, MN.i.308.

  • -karaṇḍaka a clothes-chest SN.v.71 = MN.i.215; AN.iv.230
  • -koṭṭhagāra a store-room for cloth or clothes Dhp-a.i.220 Dhp-a.i.393;
  • -gahaṇa (-mangala) (the ceremony of) putting on a garment Dhp-a.ii.87;
  • -cālanī a cloth sieve Vin.i.202
  • -paṭṭa turban cloth Vin.ii.266 (= setavattha-paṭṭa Bdhgh.); SN.ii.102;
  • -phala having clothes as fruit (of magic trees, cp. kapparukkha) Vv.46#2 (cp. Vv-a.199)
  • -maya consisting in clothes Vv.46#7 (cp. Vv-a.199)
  • -yuga a suit of garments Vin.i.278; MN.i.215 = SN.v.71; Mil.31 (cp. Mhvs.i.61); Dhp-a.iv.11;
  • -ratana “a pearl of a garment,” a fine garment Mil.262.
  • -vaṭṭi fringed cotton cloth Vin.ii.266.
  • -veṇi plaited cotton cloth Vin.ii.266.

Sk. dūrśa & dūṣya

Dussa2

at Ja.iii.54 is usually taken as = amussa (cp. amuka). C. explains as “near,” & adds “asammussa.” Or is it Sk. dūṣya easily spoilt? See on this passage Andersen Pali Reader ii.124.