feminine a lotuspond an artificial pool or small lake for water-plants (see note in Dial. ii.210) Vin.i.140, Vin.i.268; Vin.ii.123; DN.ii.178 sq.; SN.i.123, SN.i.204; SN.ii.106; SN.v.460; AN.i.35, AN.i.145; AN.iii.187 AN.iii.238; Ja.ii.126; Ja.v.374 (Khemī), Ja.v.388 (Doṇa); Pv.iii.3#3 Pv.iv.12#1; Snp-a.354 (here in meaning of a dry pit or dugout); Vv-a.160; Pv-a.23, Pv-a.77, Pv-a.152. pokkharaññā gen Pv.ii.12#9; instr. SN.i.233; loc. Vin.ii.123. pokkharaṇiyāyaṃ loc. AN.iii.309
■ pl. pokkharaṇiyo Vin.i.268; Vv-a.191; Pv-a.77; metric pokkharañño Vv.44#11 Pv.ii.1#19: Pv.ii.7#8.
fr. puṣkara lotus; Vedic puṣkariṇī, BSk. has puskiriṇī, e.g. Avs.i.76; Avs.ii.201 sq.