Pukkusa
Pukkusa,[non-Aryan; cp.Epic Sk.pukkuśa,pukkaśa pulkasa.The “Paulkāsa” are mentioned as a mixed caste at Vājasaneya Saṁhitā 30,17 (cp.Zimmer,Altind.Leben 217)] N.of a (Non-Aryan) tribe,hence designation of a low social class,the members of which are said (in the Jātakas) to earn their living by means of refuseclearing.On the subject see Fick,Sociale Gliederung 206,207.-- Found in foll.enumerations:khattiyā brāhmaṇā vessā suddā caṇḍāla-pukkusā A.I,162= III,214; J.III,194 (expld by C.chava-chaḍḍaka-caṇḍālā ca puppha-chaḍḍaka-pukkusā ca); IV,303; Pv.II,612; Miln.5.Further as pukkusakula as the last one of the despised clans (caṇḍālakula,nesāda°,veṇa°,rathakāra°,p.°) at M.III,169; S.I,94; A.II,85; Vin.IV,6; Pug.51.With nesāda at PvA.176.-- Cp.M.III,169.(Page 462)