phalika

Phalika1

a fruit vendor Mil.331.

fr. phala

Phalika2 & ˚kā

feminine crystal quartz Vin.ii.112; Ja.vi.119 (˚kā = phaḷika-bhittiyo C.); Vv.35#1 (= phalika-maṇi-mayā bhittiyo Vv-a.160) Vv.78#3 (˚kā); Mil.267 (ḷ), Mil.380 (ḷ).

also spelt with ḷ; cp. Sk. sphaṭika; on change ṭ → ḷ see Geiger,

Pali Grammar

§ 38#6. The Prk. forms are phaḷiha & phāḷiya, see Pischel, Gr. § 206