Pisuṇa (adj.) [Vedic piśuṇa, see etym. under pisāca] back- biting, calumnious, malicious M iii.33, 49; J i.297; Pug 57; PvA 15, 16. Usually combd with vācāmalicious speech, slander, pisuṇavācā and pisuṇāvācā D i.4, 138; iii.70 sq., 171, 232, 269; M i.362; iii.23; adj. pisuṇāvāca & M iii.22, 48; S ii.167; Pug 39. -- Cp. pesuna.