accusative singular feminine of pokkharaṇī (pond, pool)
Etymology. Sanskrit puskariṇī, from pushkara "lotus"; ultimately from an Austro-Asiatic or Dravidian source. The word entered Indo-Aryan as a borrowing; no certain Indo-European cognates.
Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.
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