pokkharatā

splendidness “flower-likeness,” only in cpd. vaṇṇa-pokkharatā beauty of complexion DN.i.114; Vin.i.268; SN.i.95 SN.ii.279; AN.i.38, AN.i.86; AN.ii.203; AN.iii.90; DN-a.i.282; Kp-a.179; Vv-a.14; Pv-a.46. The BSk. passage at Avs.ii.202 reads “śobhāṃ varṇaṃ puṣkalatāṃ ca.”

is it fr. pokkhara lotus (cp. Sk. pauṣkara), thus “lotus-ness,” or founded on Vedic puṣpa blossom The BSk. puṣkalatā (Avs.ii.201) is certainly a misconstruction if it is constructed fr. the Pali