Pukkusa [non -- Aryan; cp. Epic Sk. pukkuśa, pukkaśa pulkasa. The "Paulkāsa" are mentioned as a mixed caste at Vājasaneya Saŋhitā 30, 17 (cp. Zimmer,Altind. Leben 217)] N. of a (Non -- Aryan) tribe, hence designation of a low social class, the members of which are said (in the Jātakas) to earn their living by means of refuseclearing. On the subject see Fick, Sociale Gliederung 206, 207. -- Found in foll. enumerations: khattiyā brāhmaṇā vessā suddā caṇḍāla -- pukkusā A i.162= iii.214; J iii.194 (expld by C. chava -- chaḍḍaka -- caṇḍālā ca puppha -- chaḍḍaka -- pukkusā ca); iv.303; Pv ii.612;Miln 5. Further as pukkusakula as the last one of the despised clans (caṇḍālakula, nesāda˚, veṇa˚, rathakāra˚, p.˚) at M iii.169; S i.94; A ii.85; Vin iv.6; Pug 51. With nesāda at PvA 176. -- Cp. M iii.169.