phalgu (10814)

phalgu
Entry 10814, Page 396, Col. 2

(Palgu, Palgu)
phalgu¦ (gender not known, only in cpds.; in Skt. adj., worthless; Pali pheggu in mg. 1, phaggu in mg. 2), (1) ‘accessory wood…next to the pith, but inferior and worth- less’ (PTSD): Mvy 433 apagata-śākhā-pattra-palāśā-laṭikā- (read latikā with Index, Tib. khri śiṅ, creeper; or with Mironov prapāṭikā)-tvak-phalguḥ, Bhvr. (here Tib. skyon, fault, defect, not parallel with prec. words but having them as dependents); apagata-phalgu, adj., = Pali °phegguka, free from weak wood (PTSD), Mvy 7636 (°guḥ; here Tib. sñiṅ po ma yin pa, what is not the pith); SP 39.4 (°guḥ); (parṣad) phalgu-vyapagatā (so with WT, cpd.) SP 44.14; tvagbhārataś ca phalgutaś ca sārataś ca (of trees) Divy 628.1, similarly 12; fig., of dauṣṭhulya in men, tvaggataṃ phalgugataṃ sāragataṃ Bbh 356.25; (2) nt., a certain religious observance (defined for Pali, MN comm. i.179.1 ff.): śuddhasya hi sadā phalgu Ud xvi.15 = Pali MN i.39.19.