Puthu: 2 definitions
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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionaryputhu : (ind.) separated; individual; far and wide; separately.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPuthu, (adj.) (both Vedic pṛthak & pṛthu, lit. spread out, far & wide, flat, of Idg. *plēt broad, Sk. prath to expand, pṛthaḥ palm of hand Av. frapah breadth, cp. Gr. platuζ broad, plάtanos plane tree, Lith. platùs broad, Lat. planta sole of foot, Ohg. flado pancake, Ags. flet ground, E. flat) 1. (=pṛthak) separated, individual, adv. separated, individual, adv. separately, each (also given as puthag eva KAcc. 29) S. I, 75 (puthu attā individual self); Th. 1, 86; J. IV, 346 (=visuṃ visuṃ C.); Miln. 4. See further under cpds.—2. (=pṛthu). The forms (pl.) are both puthu & puthū, both as adj. & n.; puthū more frequent found in metre.—numerous, various, several, more, many, most D. I, 185 (puthu saññaggā; opp. ekaṃ); S. I, 181 (puthū), 207 (id.); Sn. 769 (puthū kāme=bahū Nd1 11); 1043, 1044 (puthū= bahukā Nd2 449b); Th. 2, 344 (puthu=puthu sattā ThA. 241); J. VI, 205 (puthū). nt. adv. puthu & puthuṃ greatly, much, in many ways Sn. 580 (=aneka-ppakāraṃ SnA 460); Vv 624 (=mahantaṃ VvA. 258).—gumba experienced in many crafts J. VI, 448 (=aneka-sippa-ññu C.).—jja (puthu 1, but see remarks on puthujjana) common, ordinary Sn. 897, 911 (=puthujjanehi janita Nd1 308).—titthakara a common sectarian D. I, 116 (thus to puthu 1, but DA. I, 287= bahū t.) —ddisā (puthu 1) each separate quarter “all the diverse quarters” S. I, 234.—pañña (adj.) of wide wisdom (p. 2) A. I, 130; II, 67 (v. l. hāsa°).—paññatā wide wisdom A. I, 45.—pāṇiya ordinary (p. 1) mode of shampooing with the hand Vin. II, 106 (Bdhgh on p. 316 explns pudhu-pāṇikan ti hattha parikammaṃ vuccati “manual performance, ” thus not identical with pāṇikā on p. 151).—bhūta (p. 2) widely spread S. II, 107; but cp. BSk pṛṭhag bhavati to be peculiar to Divy 58, 100.—mati wide understanding S. I, 236.—loma “flat fin, ” N of a fish “the finny carp” (Mrs. Rh. D.) Vv 4411 (=dibba-maccha VvA. 191); Th. 2, 508 (=so-called fish ThA. 292); J. IV, 466.—vacana “speaking in many (bad) ways, ” or “people of various speech” (so expld Nd1 397) Sn. 932 (prob. better “speaking ordinary talk”=puthu 1).—sattā (pl.)=puthujjanā, common people, the masses S. I, 44; Pv III, 73. (Page 466)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
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Starts with (+46): Puthu Sutta, Puthubhuta, Puthujjana, Puthujjanata, Puthujjanika, Puthuka, Puthula, Puthuloma, Puthuni, Puthupatti, Puthur, Puthuso, Puthutta, Puthutva, Puthuvi, Puthuvindhara, Puttu, Puttukkati, Puttuman, Puttuppo.
Ends with: Apputu, Ennamputu, Irumputu, Puttu.
Full-text (+34): Puthuso, Anukki, Putiya, Puttukkati, Kalavaykkal, Putinam, Paccimakantam, Putumanam, Puthutta, Puttarakkan, Puttattiri, Laddhika, Putuppacalai, Aruvar, Attappirapancam, Putturukkuney, Panika, Ennamputu, Puttapputumai, Putumaniyam.
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The Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)
Chapter III-f - Visit to other worlds (6): Higher Deva Realms < [Volume I]
Chapter XXI - Former Buddhas < [Volume III]
Gemstones of the Good Dhamma (by Ven. S. Dhammika)
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
2. Conclusion (Maṇḍapas) < [Chapter 6 - Conclusion]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Bodhisattva quality 12: having passed beyond the works of Māra < [Chapter X - The Qualities of the Bodhisattvas]
A Correct Vision (by Venerable Professor Dhammavihari)
Vinaya Pitaka (1): Bhikkhu-vibhanga (the analysis of Monks’ rules) (by I. B. Horner)