pasākha
- a smaller branch Ja.vi.324 (sākha˚;).
- branch-like wood, i.e. hard wood Thag.72.
- the body where it branches off from the trunk, i.e. abdomen & thighs the lower part of the body Vin.iv.316 (= adho-nābhi ubbha-jānu-maṇḍalaṃ C.). Cp. Suśruta ii.31, 10.
- the extremities (being the 5th stage in the formation of the embryo) SN.i.206.
pa + sākhā; Epic Sk. praśākhā branch