p. p. [piṣ-kta] 1 Ground, pow- dered, crushed; Bv. 1. 12.

2 Rub- bed together, squeezed or clasped (as the hands).

3 Kneaded. ṣṭaṃ 1 Anything ground, a ground sub- stance.

2 Flour, meal; piṣṭaṃ pinaṣṭi ‘he grinds flour’; i. e. does a useless [Page0704-b+ 55] work or a profitless repetition.

3 Lead. Comp. udakaṃ water mixed with flour. pacana a pan for parch- ing flour, a boiler &c. paśuḥ an effi-...