pus, matter, corruption MN.i.57; MN.iii.90; SN.i.150; SN.ii.157; AN.i.34; Ja.ii.18; Mil.382; Pv-a.80
■ In detail discussed (as one of the 32 ākāras) at Vism.261, Vism.360; Kp-a.62; Vb-a.244
■ Often in combination pubba-lohita matter & blood, e.g. Snp.p.125; Snp.671; Ja.v.71; Dhp-a.i.319; as food of the Petas Pv.i.6#9; Pv.i.9#1 (lohita-pubba); Pv.i.11#8; Pv.ii.2#6. pubba-vaṭṭi a lump of matter Dhp-a.iii.117.
Vedic pūya → *pūva → *puvva → pubba (Geiger, Pali Grammar § 46#1); cp. pūyati to smell rotten, Lat. pūs = E pus, Gr. πύχω to rot, πύον matter; Vedic pūti smelling foul; Goth. fūls = E. foul