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पच्छा (pacchA)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
pacchā (em.
Pali id.) or better pacche (with mss.), MIndic for Skt. paścā(t), behind: te dāni kusumāni pa° dṛṣṭvā anugacchanti Mv 〔ii.106.2〕, they now seeing the flowers (which she had left) behind (her), follow after. The mss. reading may stand, possibly as a blend of pacchā = paścāt with its synonym pṛṣṭhe, in the rear, behind
in any case it is supported by the statement of Hem. 〔1.79〕 that in AMg. (ārṣe) pacche-(kammaṃ) may be used for paścāt-, and by the stem paśca, q.v., even in BHS, in loc. paści m.c. for paśce, and in comp.