1. Bهُسَ
chaff, husks AN.i.241 (-āgāra chaff-house); Dhp.252 (opuṇāti bhusaṃ to sift husks); Ud.78; Pv.iii.4#1; Pv.iii.10#7; Vv-a.47 (tiṇa litter).
cp. Vedic busa (nt.) & buśa (m.)
The corpus record — Pali
bhusaṁ
Bhusa
chaff, husks AN.i.241 ( -āgāra chaff-house); Dhp.252 (opuṇāti bhusaṃ to sift husks); Ud.78 ; Pv.iii.4#1 ; Pv.iii.10#7 ; Vv-a.47 (tiṇa litter). cp. Vedic busa (nt.) & buśa (m.)
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Where it lives
- Dhammapada 2 · 3.81/10k
- Sutta Nipata 1 · 0.5/10k
What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary
2. Bhūsā
feminine ornament, decoration, only in cpd. bhūsa-(read bhūsā-)dassaneyya beautiful as an ornament Pv.iii.3#2.
fr. bhūṣ
In the wild
- bhusaṁ Dhammapada 252 (dhp252:4)
- bhusā Dhammapada 339 (dhp339:2)
- bhusaṁ Sutta Nipata 2.1 (snp2.1:9.3)
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