Dictionary Definition ：
Definition[1]
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bhisi : [f.] cushion; a pad; a bolster.
Source
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A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]
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Bhisi1 (f.) [cp. Epic Sk. bṛṣī & bṛsī, with bh for b, as in Prk. bhisī, cp. Pischel, Prk. Gr. § 209] a bolster, cushion, pad, roll Vin i.287 sq. (cīvara˚ a robe rolled up); ii.150, 170; iii.90; iv.279. Five kinds are allowed in a Vihāra, viz. uṇṇa -- bhisi, cola˚, vāka˚, tiṇu˚, paṇṇa˚, i. e. bolsters stuffed with wool, cotton -- cloth, bark, grass, or talipot leaves, Vin ii.150=VbhA 365 (tiṇa˚).
-- bimbohana bolster & pillow Vin i.47; ii.208; DhA i.416; VbhA 365.
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
Definition[3]
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Bhisi2 [etym.?] a raft Sn 21. -- Andersen, Pali Reader, Glossary s. v. identifies it with bhisi1 and asks: "Could it also mean a sort of cushion, made of twisted grass, used instead of a swimming girdle?"
Source
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Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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