Puthu
Puthu,(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 (=visuṁ visuṁ C.); Miln.4.See further under cpds.-- 2.(=pṛthu).The forms (pl.) are both puthu & puthū,both as adj.& n.; puthū more freq.found in metre.-- numerous,various,several,more,many,most D.I,185 (puthu saññaggā; opp.ekaṁ); 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 & puthuṁ greatly,much,in many ways Sn.580 (=aneka-ppakāraṁ SnA 460); Vv 624 (=mahantaṁ 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 parikammaṁ 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)