pāsāṇaṁ

a rock, stone AN.i.283; Snp.447; Ja.i.109, Ja.i.199; Ja.v.295; Vism.28, Vism.182, Vism.183; Vb-a.64 (its size as cp^d with pabbata); Dhp-a.iii.151; Dhs-a.389; Vv-a.157; Sdhp.328.

• -guḷa a ball of (soft) stone, used for washing (pumice stone?) AN.ii.200 (sāla-laṭṭhiṃ… taccheyya… likheyya… pāsāṇaguḷena dhopeyya… nadiṃ patāreyya), cp. MN.i.233; and Vism.28 “bhājane ṭhapitaṃ guḷapiṇḍaṃ viya pāsāṇaṃ.”
• -cetiya a stone Caitya Dhp-a.iii.253.
• -tala a natural plateau Ja.i.207.
• -piṭṭhe at the back of a rock Vism.116.
• -pokkharaṇī a natural tank Vism.119.
• -phalaka a slab of stone Ja.iv.328
• -macchaka a kind of fish (stone-fish) Ja.iv.70; Ja.vi.450
• -lekha writing on a stone Pp.32.
• -sakkharā a little stone, fragment of rock SN.ii.137; AN.iv.237.
• -sevāla stone Vallisneria Ja.v.462.
• -vassa rain of stones Snp-a.224.

Epic Sk. pāṣāṇa