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 -- pattaŋ 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.