pottha

Pottha1

poor, indigent, miserable Ja.ii.432 (= potthakapilotikāya nivatthatā pottho C.; variant reading poṭha). See also *ponti, with which ultimately identical.

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Pottha2

modelling, only in cpd. -kamma plastering (i.e. using a mixture of earth, lime, cowdung & water as mortar Ja.vi.459; carving Dhs-a.334; and -kara a modeller in clay Ja.i.71. Cp. potthaka1.

later Sk. pusta, etym. uncertain; loan-word?