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pūva

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Pūva [cp. Sk. pūpa; with v for p] a cake, baked in a pan (kapalla) A iii.76; J i.345 (kapalla˚ pan -- cake), 347; iii.10 (pakka˚); Vv 136; 296 (=kapalla -- pūva VvA 123); Pv iv.313 (=khajjaka PvA 251); Vism 108 (jāla˚ net -- cake, cp. jāla -- pūpa), 359 (pūvaŋ vyāpetvā, in comp.); VbhA 65, 255 (simile of woman going to bake a cake); KhA 56; DA i.142; VvA 67, 73 (˚surā, one of the 5 kinds of intoxication liquors, see surā); PvA 244. See also Vin. Texts i.39 (sweetmeats, sent as presents).