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puḷava

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Puḷava [etym.? dial; cp. Class. Sk. pulaka erection of the hairs of the body, also given by lexicographers (Hemachandra 1202) in meaning "vermin"] a worm, maggot M iii.168; Sn 672; J iii.177; vi.73; Miln 331, 357; Vism 179 (=kimi) DhA iii.106, 411. See next.