1. a broken bit, splinter, small stone (?) (Rh. D. in Dial. iii.83 “outgrowth”) DN.iii.87 (bhūmi ˚ṃ paribhuñjati); Vism.418 (≈) Ne.227 (Com.) (˚ojaṃ khādāpento).
2. a water plant; see paṇṇaka 2; cp. also papaṭikā² & Sk. parpaṭa, Name of medicinal plant.

etym. uncertain