Puthu (adj.) [both Vedic pṛthak & pṛthu, lit. spread out, far & wide, flat, of Idg. *plēt broad, Sk. prath to expand, pṛthaḥ palm of hand Av. frapah breadth, cp. Gr. platu/s broad, pla/tanos plane tree, Lith. platùs broad, Lat. planta sole of foot, Ohg. flado pancake, Ags. flet ground, E. flat] 1. (=pṛthak) separated, individual, adv. separated, individual, adv. separately, each (also given as puthag eva Kacc. 29) S i.75 (puthu attā individual self); Th 1, 86; J iv.346 (=visuŋ visuŋ C.); Miln 4. See further under cpds. -- 2. (=pṛthu). The forms (pl.) are both puthu & puthū, both as adj. & n.; puthū more freq. found in metre. -- numerous, various, several, more, many, most D i.185 (puthu saññaggā; opp. ekaŋ); S i.181 (puthū), 207 (id.); Sn 769 (puthū kāme=bahū Nd1 11); 1043, 1044 (puthū= bahukā Nd2 449b); Th 2, 344 (puthu=puthu sattā ThA 241); J vi.205 (puthū). nt. adv. puthu & puthuŋ greatly, much, in many ways Sn 580 (=aneka -- ppakāraŋ SnA 460); Vv 624 (=mahantaŋ VvA 258).   -- gumba experienced in many crafts J vi.448 (=aneka -- sippa -- ññu C.). -- jja (puthu 1, but see remarks on puthujjana) common, ordinary Sn 897, 911 (=puthujjanehi janita Nd1 308). -- titthakara a common sectarian D i.116 (thus to puthu 1, but DA i.287= bahū t.) -- ddisā (puthu 1) each separate quarter "all the diverse quarters" S i.234. -- pañña (adj.) of wide wisdom (p. 2) A i.130; ii.67 (v. l. hāsa˚). -- paññatā wide wisdom A i.45. -- pāṇiya ordinary (p. 1) mode of shampooing with the hand Vin ii.106 (Bdhgh on p. 316 explns pudhu -- pāṇikan ti hattha parikammaŋ vuccati "manual performance," thus not identical with pāṇikā on p. 151). -- bhūta (p. 2) widely spread S ii.107; but cp. BSk pṛṭhag bhavati to be peculiar to Divy 58, 100. -- mati wide understanding S i.236. -- loma "flat fin," N of a fish "the finny carp" (Mrs. Rh. D.) Vv 4411 (=dibba -- maccha VvA 191); Th 2, 508 (=so -- called fish ThA 292); J iv.466. -- vacana "speaking in many (bad) ways," or "people of various speech" (so expld Nd1 397) Sn 932 (prob. better "speaking ordinary talk"=puthu 1). -- sattā (pl.)=puthujjanā, common people, the masses S i.44; Pv iii.73.