Pulaka [cp. Sk. pulāka, Halāyudha 5, 43; not Sk. pulaka, as Kern, Toev. s. v. for which see also Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. pilus] shrivelled grain Miln 232 (sukka -- yava˚ of dried barley); DhA ii.154 (SS; T. reads mūlakaŋ, which is expld by Bdhgh as "nitthusaŋ katvā ussedetvā gahita -- yava -- taṇḍula vuccanti" ibid). Here belongs pulasa -- patta of J iii.478. (vv. ll. pulā˚, mūlā˚, mulā˚; expld by C. as "saṇhāṇi pulasa -- gaccha -- paṇṇāni," thus taking pulasa as a kind of shrub, prob. because the word was not properly understood).