Hi John,

JK> One of these days I really should get one of those
JK> dictionaries! There's no sign of that meaning in the
JK> PED.

You are welcome to use Monier-Williams dictionary on-line or download
it at:

http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/indologie/tamil/mwd_search.html
http://members.ams.chello.nl/l.bontes/sans_n.htm

It's very helpful when you know Sanskrit equivalent.

Metta,
Dimitry

P.S. On the second thought 'papupphakaani' may be 'blossoms'.