excrements, faeces, dung. As food for Petas frequently mentioned in Pv; (cp. Stede, Peta Vatthu 24 sq.), as a decoction of dung also used for medicinal purposes (Vin.i.206 e.g.). Often combination with mutta (urine): Pv.i.9#1; Pv-a.45, Pv-a.78; DN-a.i.198.
- -kaṭāha an iron pot for defecation Vin.iv.265.
- -kalala dung & mire Ja.iii.393;
- -kīḷana playing with excrements Vism.531.
- -kūpa a privy (cp. karīsa) MN.i.74; Snp.279; Pv.ii.3#16; Pp.36; Ja.vi.370; Vism.54.
- -khādaka living on faeces Ja.ii.211 (˚pāṇaka) Pv-a.266;
- -gata having turned to dung Iti.90;
- -gandhin smelling of excrements Pv.ii.3#15;
- -ṭṭhāna a place for excrementation Thag.1153;
- -naraka = foll. Vism.501;
- -kaṭāha an iron pot for defecation Vin.iv.265.
- -pāṇa an insect living on excrement (= ˚khādakapāṇa) Ja.ii.209, Ja.ii.212;
- -bhakkha feeding on stercus MN.iii.168; Pv-a.192; Dhp-a.ii.61
- -bhānin of foul speech AN.i.128; Pp.29 (Kern, Toevoegselen s. v. corrects into kūṭa˚?).
Sk. gūtha; probably to Lat. bubino, see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v.