Pasākha (m. & nt.) [pa+sākhā; Epic Sk. praśākhā branch] 1. a smaller branch J vi.324 (sākha˚). -- 2. branch -- like wood, i. e. hard wood Th 1, 72. -- 3. the body where it branches off from the trunk, i. e. abdomen & thighs; the lower part of the body Vin iv.316 (=adho -- nābhi ubbha -- jānu -- maṇḍalaŋ C.). Cp. Suśruta ii.31, 10. <-> 4. the extremities (being the 5th stage in the formation of the embryo) S i.206.