Pokkhara
Pokkhara,(nt.) [cp.Vedic puṣkara,fr.pus,though a certain relation to puṣpa seems to exist,cp.Sk.puṣpapattra a kind of arrow (lit.lotus-leaf) Halāyudha 2,314,and P.pokkhara-patta] 1.a lotus plant,primarily the leaf of it,figuring in poetry and metaphor as not being able to be wetted by water Sn.392,812 (vuccati paduma-pattaṁ Nd1 135); Dh.336; It.84.-- 2.the skin of a drum (from its resemblance to the lotus-leaf) S.II,267; Miln.261 (bheri°).As Np.of an angel (Gandhabba) “Drum” at Vv 189.-- 3.a species of waterbird (crane):see cpd.°sataka. --ṭṭha standing in water (?) Vin.I,215 (vanaṭṭha+),238 (id.).--patta a lotus leaf Sn.625; Dh.401 (=paduma --patta DhA.IV,166); Miln.250.--madhu the honey sap of Costus speciosus (a lotus) J.V,39,466.--vassa “lotus-leaf rain,” a portentous shower of rain,serving as special kind of test shower in which certain objects are wetted,but those showing a disinclination towards moisture are left untouched,like a lotus-leaf J.I,88; VI,586; KhA 164; DhA.III,163.--sātaka a species of crane,Ardea Siberica J.VI,539 (koṭṭha+); SnA 359.Cp.Np.Pokkharasāti Sn.594; Sn.p.115; SnA 372.(Page 474)