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Piṭṭha Piṇḍa

Vin. Texts ii.139). -dhītalikā a flour — doll, i. e. made long back or ridge Sn 604; mudu° having a flexible back Vin
of paste or a lump of flour PvA 16, 19 (cp. uddāna to the 1 st iii.35.
vagga p. 67 piṭṭhi & reading piṇḍa° on p. 17). -piṇḍi a lump
Piṭṭhikā (f.)=piṭṭhi; loc. piṭṭhikāya at the back of, behind J i.456
of flour Vism 500 (in comp.). -madda flour paste Vin ii.151 (maṇḍala°).
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(expl in C. by piṭṭha — khali; cp. piṭṭhi — madda J iii.226,
Piṭṭhimant (adj.) [fr. piṭṭhi] having a back, in f. piṭṭhi-matī (senā)
which would correspond to piṣṭī). -surā (intoxicating) extract
(an army) having troops on (horse — or, elephant — ) back J
or spirits of flour VvA 73.
vi.396.
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Piṭṭha (nt.) [identical in form with piṭṭha ] a lintel (of a door)
Piṭhara (m. & nt.) [cp. Epic Sk. piṭhara] a pot, a pan Miln 107
Vin i.47 (kavāṭa°); ii.120 (°sanghāṭa, cp. Vin. Texts iii.105),
(spelt pīthara). As piṭharaka [cp. BSk. piṭharikā Divy 496;
148, 207.
so read for T. piparikā] at KhA 54 to be read for T. pivaraka
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Piṭṭha (nt.) [cp. Vedic pṛṣṭha, expl by Grassmann as pra —
according to App. SnA 869.
stha, i. e. what stands out] back, hind part; also surface, top J
Piṇḍa [cp. Vedic piṇḍa; probably connected with piṣ i. e. crush,
i.167 (pāsāṇa° top of a rock). Usually in oblique cases as adv.,
grind, make into a lump; Grassmann compares pīḍ to press; on
viz. instr. piṭṭhena along, over, beside, by way of, on J ii.111
other attempts at etym. see Walde, Lat. Wtb. s. v. puls] 1. a
(udaka°); iv.3 (samudda°), loc. piṭṭhe by the side of, near, at:
lump, ball, thick (& round) mass S i.206 (aṭṭhīyaka°); Pv iii.5 5
parikhā° at a ditch PvA 201; on, on top of, on the back of (an-
(nonīta°); VvA 62 (kummāsa°), 65; Sdhp 529 (ayo°). — 2. a
imals): ammaṇassa p. J vi.381 (cp. piṭṭhiyaṁ); tiṇa° J iv.444;
lump of food, esp. of alms, alms given as food S i.76; Sn 217,
panka° J i.223; samudda° J i.202. — assa° on horseback D
388, 391; J i.7 (nibbuta° cooled); Miln 243 (para °ṁ ajjhupa-
i.103; similarly: vāraṇassa p. J i.358; sīha° J ii.244; haṭṭhi° J
gata living on food given by others). piṇḍāya (dat.) for alms,
ii.244; iii.392. See also following.
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freq. in comb with carati, paṭikkamati, (gāmaṁ) pavisati, e.
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Piṭṭhi & Piṭṭhī (f.) [=piṭṭha , of which it has taken over the main
g. Vin ii.195; iii.15; M iii.157; Sn 386; SnA 141, 175; PvA
function as noun. On relation piṭṭha> piṭṭhi cp. Trenckner,
12, 13, 16, 47, 81, 136 and passim. — 3. a conglomeration,
Notes 55; Franke, Bezzenberger's Beiträge xx.287. Cp. also
accumulation, compressed form, heap, in akkhara° sequence
the Prk. forms piṭṭha, piṭṭhī & piṣṭī, all representing Sk. prṣṭḥa:
of letters or syllables, context DhA iv.70.
Pischel, Prk. Gram. §53] 1. the back Vin ii.200 (piṭṭhī); M
-attha condensed meaning, résumé J i.233, 275, 306; KhA
i.354; J i.207; ii.159, 279. piṭṭhiṁ (paccāmittassa) passati
124, 192. Cp. sampiṇḍanattha. -ukkhepakaṁ in the manner
to see the (enemy's) back, i. e. to see the last of somebody
of taking up lumps (of food), a forbidden way of eating Vin
J i.296, 488; iv.208. piṭṭhi as opposed to ura (breast) at Vin
ii.214=iv.195, cp. Vin. Texts i.64 (=piṇḍaṁ piṇḍaṁ ukkhip-
ii.105; Sn 609; as opposed to tala (palm) with ref. to hand &
itvā C.). -gaṇanā counting in a lump, summing up DA i.95.
foot: hattha (or pada — ) tala & °piṭṭhi: J iv.188; Vism 361.
-cāra alms — round, wandering for alms Sn 414. -cārika
— abl. piṭṭhito as adv. (from) behind, at the back of Sn 412
one who goes for alms, begging Vin ii.215; iii.34, 80; iv.79; J
(+anubandhati to follow closely); VvA 256; PvA 78 (geha°).
i.116; VvA 6. -dāyika (& °dāvika) one who deals out food
piṭṭhito karoti to leave behind, to turn one's back on J i.71
(as occupation of a certain class of soldiers) D i.51 (°dāvika);
(cp. pṛṣṭhato — mukha Divy 333). piṭṭhito piṭṭhito right on A iv.107 (v. l. °dāyaka); Miln 331; cp. DA i.156. See also
one's heels, very closely Vin i.47; D i.1, 226. — 2. top, upper Geiger, P.Gr. 46, 1; Rh. D. Dial. i.68 (trsl. "camp — fol-
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side (in which meaning usually piṭṭha ), only in cpd. °pāsāṇa 1
lower"); Franke, Dīgha trsl. 53 trsl. "Vorkämpfer" but rec-
and loc. piṭṭhiyaṁ as adv. on top of J v.297 (ammaṇa°) piṭṭhi
ommends trsl. "Klossverteiler" as well). -dhītalikā a doll
at VvA 101 is evidently faulty reading.
made of a lump of dough, or of pastry PvA 17; cp. piṭṭha°.
-ācariya teacher's understudy, pupil — teacher, tutor J
-paṭipiṇḍa (kamma) giving lump after lump, alms for alms, i.
ii.100; v.458, 473, 501. -kaṇṭaka spina dorsi, backbone M
e. reciprocatory begging J ii.82 (piṇḍa — paṭipiṇḍena jīvikaṁ
i.58, 80, 89; iii.92; Vism 271; VbhA 243; KhA 49 sq.; Sdhp
kappesuṁ), 307 (piṇḍapāta — paṭipiṇḍena jīvikaṁ kappenti);
102. -koṭṭhaka an upper room (bath room?) DhA ii.19,
v.390 (mayaṁ piṇḍa — paṭipiṇḍa — kammaṁ na karoma).
20. -gata following behind, foll. one's example Vism 47.
-pāta food received in the alms — bowl (of the bhikkhu), alms
-paṇṇasālā a leaf — hut at the back J vi.545. -parikamma
— gathering (on term see Vism 31 yo hi koci āhāro bhikkhuno
treating one's back (by rubbing) Vin ii.106. -passe (loc.) at
piṇḍolyena patte patitattā piṇḍapāto ti vuccati, and cp. BSk.
the back of, behind J i.292; PvA 55, 83, 106. -pāda the
piṇḍapāta — praviṣṭha AvŚ i.359; piṇḍapāta — nirhāraka Divy
back of the foot, lit. foot — back, i. e. the heel Vism 251;
239) Vin i.46; ii.32 (°ṁ nīharāpeti), 77, 198, 223; iii.80, 99;
KhA 51, (°aṭṭhika); DA i.254. -pāsāṇa a flat stone or rock,
iv.66 sq., 77; M iii.297; S i.76, 92; A i.240; ii.27, 143; iii.109,
plateau, ridge J i.278; ii.352; vi.279; DhA ii.58; VbhA 5, 266.
145 sq.; v.100; Sn 339; J i.7, 149, 212, 233; Pug 59; Vism
-bāha the back of the arm, i. e. elbow (cp. °pāda) KhA 49,
31, 60; VbhA 279 (°âpacāyana); SnA 374; PvA 11 sq., 16, 38,
50 (°aṭṭhi): -maṁsa the flesh of the back PvA 210; SnA 287.
240. -pātika one who eats only food received in the alms —
-maṁsika backbiting, one who talks behind a person's back
bowl; °anga is one of the dhutanga ordinances (see dhutanga)
Sn 244 (=°maṁsakhādaka C.); J ii.186 (of an unfair judge); Vin i.253; ii.32 (°anga), 299 (+paṁsukūlika); iii.15 (id.); M
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v.1; Pv iii.9 (BB; T. °aka). As °maṁsiya at J v.10. - i.30; iii.41; A iii.391; Pug 59, 69; SnA 57 (°dhutanga). —
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maṁsikȧtā backbiting Nd 39. -roga back — ache SnA 111.
piṇḍapātika bhikkhu a bh. on his alms — round Vism 246 (in
-vaṁsa back bone, a certain beam in a building DhA i.52. simile); VbhA 229 (id.). Cp. BSk. piṇḍapātika AvŚ i.248. -
Piṭṭhika (adj.) (—°) [fr. piṭṭhi] having a back, in dīgha° with a pātikatta (abstr. to prec.) the state of eating alms — food, a
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