Putta [Vedic putra, Idg. *putlo=Lat. pullus (*putslos) young of an animal, fr. pōu, cp. Gr. pau=s, pai/s child, Lat. puer, pubes, Av. pupra, Lith. putýtis (young animal or bird), Cymr. wyr grandchild; also Sk. pota(ka) young animal and base pu -- in pumaŋs, puŋs "man"] 1. a son S i.210; Sn 35, 38, 60, 557, 858; Dh 62, 84, 228, 345; J iv.309; Vism 645 (simile of 3 sons); PvA 25, 63, 73 sq.; DA i.157 (dāsaka˚). Four kinds of sons are distinguished in the old Cy. viz. atraja p., khettaja, dinnaka, antevāsika, or born of oneself, born on one's land, given to one, i. e. adopted, one living with one as a pupil. Thus at Nd1 247; Nd2 448; J i.135. Good and bad sons in regard to lineage are represented at J vi.380. -- Metaph. "sons of the Buddha" S i.192= Th 1, 1237 (sabbe Bhagavato puttā); It 101 (me tumhe puttā orasā mukhato jātā dhammajā), J iii.211. -- The parable of a woman eating her sons is given as a punishment in the Peta condition at Pv i.6 (& 7). <-> pl.puttāni Pv i.63. -- aputta -- bhāvaŋ karoti to disinherit formally J v.468. -- 2. (in general) child, descendant, sometimes pleonastic like E. ˚man, ˚son in names: see putta -- dāra; so esp. in later literature, like ludda˚ hunter's son=hunter J ii.154; ayya˚=ayya, i. e. gentleman, lord J v.94; PvA 66. See also rāja˚. -- Of a girl Th 2, 464. -- mātucchā˚ & mātula˚ cousin (from mother's side), pitucchā˚ id (fr. father's side). On putta in N. Pāṭali˚ see puṭa. -- f. puttī see rāja˚.   -- jīva N. of a tree: Putranjiva Roxburghii J vi.530. -- dāra child & wife (i. e. wife & children, family) D iii.66, 189, 192; S i.92; A ii.67; Pv iv.348 (sa˚ together with his family); J iii.467 (kiŋ ˚ena what shall I do with a family?); v.478. They are hindrances to the development of spiritual life: see Nd2 under āsiŋsanti & palibodha. -- phala a son as fruit (of the womb) J v.330. -- maŋsa the flesh of one's children (sons) a metaphor probably distorted fr. pūta˚ rotten flesh. The metaphor is often alluded to in the kasiṇa -- kammaṭṭhāna, and usually coupled with the akkha -- bbhañjana (& vaṇapaticchādana) -- simile, e. g. Vism 32, 45; DhAi.375; SnA 58, 342. Besides at S ii.98 (in full); Th 1, 445 (˚ūpamā); 2, 221. -- mata a woman whose sons (children) are dead M i.524.