Pakkha¹

1. side of the body, flank wing, feathers (cp. pakkhin), in compounds -biḷāla a flying fox (sort of bat) Bdhgh on ulūka-camma at Vin.i.186 (MV. Vin.v.2, 4; cp. Vin. Texts ii.16 where read ulūka˚ for lūka?); Ja.vi.538; and -hata one who is struck on (one side, i.e. paralysed on one side, a cripple (cp. Sk pakṣāghāta) Vin.ii.90; MN.iii.169; AN.iii.385; Pp.51 (= hatapakkho pīṭhasappi Pp-a 227); Mil.245, Mil.276 (cp. Mil trsl. ii.62, 117)-also as wing of a house at Dhs-a.107; and wing of a bird at SN.ii.231; Snp-a.465 (in explⁿ of pakkhin).
2. side, party, faction; adj (-˚ associated with, a partisan, adherent Vin.ii.299; Snp.347 (aññāṇa˚), Snp.967 (kaṇhassa p. = Māra˚ etc., see Mnd.489; Ne.53 (taṇhā˚ & diṭṭhi˚), Ne.88 (id.), Ne.160 (id.) DN-a.i.281; Dhp-a.i.54; Pv-a.114 (paṭiloma˚). pakkhasankanta gone over to a (schismatic) faction Vin.i.60 Vin.iv.230, Vin.iv.313
   ■ pakkhaṃ dāpeti to give a side, to adhere to (loc.) Ja.i.343.
3. one half of the (lunar) month, a fortnight. The light or moon-lit fortnight is called sukka-pakkha (or juṇha˚), the dark or moonless one kāḷa˚ (or kaṇha˚) MN.i.20 (cātuddasī pañcadasī aṭṭhamī ca pakkhassa 14^th, 15^th & 8^th day of the fortnight) Snp.402; AN.i.142 (aṭṭhamī pakkhassa), AN.i.144 = Vv.15#6 (cātuddasī etc.; cp. Vv-a.71): AN.v.123 sq. (kāḷa˚, juṇha˚) Thig.423 (= aḍḍhamāsa-mattaṃ Thag-a.269); Pv.ii.95#5 (bahumāse ca pakkhe ca = kaṇha-sukka-bheda p. Pv-a.135); Vism.101 (dasâhaṃ vā pakkhaṃ vā); Vv-a.314 (sukka˚); Pv-a.55 (kāḷa˚).
4. alternative, statement loc. pakkhe (-˚) with regard or reference to Kp-a.80 (tassa pañhassa vyākaraṇapakkhe); Snp-a.168 (id.).

Ved. pakṣa in meanings 1 and 3; to Lat. pectus, see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v.

Pakkha²

adjective visible, clear -˚ resembling, like Mil.75 (mātu˚ and pitu˚).

cp. Ved. prakhya clear, & Sk. (-˚) prakhya like, of pra + ; khyā

Pakkha³

a cripple. Cp.iii.6, Cp.iii.10; Ja.vi.12 (= pīṭha-sappī C.). Note BSk. phakka is enumerated at Mpt. 271¹²⁰ with jātyaṇḍa, kuṇḍa pangu, reminding of the combⁿ kāṇo vā kuṇi vā khañjo vā pakkhahato vā Vin.ii.90 = SN.i.94 = AN.ii.85 AN.iii.385. = Pp.51.

cp. Sk. phakka (?)