The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

(˚âpac!yana); SnA 374; PvA 11 sq., 16, 38, 240. -- p!tika one who eats only food received in the alms --
bowl; ˚anga is one of the dhutanga ordinances (see dhutanga) Vin i.253; ii.32 (˚anga), 299 (+pa'suk(lika);
iii.15 (id.); M i.30; iii.41; A iii.391; Pug 59, 69; SnA 57 (˚dhutanga). -- pi*.ap!tika bhikkhu a bh. on his
alms -- round Vism 246 (in simile); VbhA 229 (id.). Cp. BSk. pi*.ap!tika Av- i.248. -- p!tikatta (abstr. to
prec.) the state of eating alms -- food, a characteristic of the Buddhist bhikkhu M iii.41; S ii.202, 208 sq.; A
i.38; iii.109.
Pi*.aka
Pi*.aka [fr. pi*.a] (alms) -- food A iv.185 (SS pi*.ap!ta); in phrase na pi*.akena kilamati not go short of
food Vin iii.15, 87; iv.23, in ukka -- pi*.aka meaning a cluster of msects or vermin Vin i.211=239 (v. l.
pi*.uka).
Pi*.i
Pi*.i (f.) [cp. pi*.a & Sk. pi*."] a lump, round mass, ball, cluster D i.74=A iii.25 (nah!niya˚ ball of
fragrant soap; DA i.218: pi*.a); M iii.92; J i.76 (phala˚); ii.393; iii.53 (amba˚); Miln 107; Vism 500
(pi&&ha˚); DhA iii.207 (amba˚).
Pi*.ika
Pi*.ika ( -- ˚) in chatta˚ -- vivara is a little doubtful, the phrase prob. means "a crevice in the covering (i. e.
the round mass) of the canopy or sunshade" J vi.376. Dutoit (J. trsln vi.457) translates "opening at the
back of the sunshade," thus evidently reading "pi&&hika."
Pi*.ita
Pi*.ita (adj.) [pp. of pi*.eti, cp. BSk. pi*.itam(lya lump -- sum Divy 500] 1. made into a lump, massed
together, conglomerated, thick Th 2, 395. -- 2. "ball-like," close, compact; of sound: J ii.439; vi.519.
Pindiy!lopa
Pindiy!lopa [pi*.i+!lopa] a morsel of food Vin i.58 (˚bhojana), 96 (id.); A ii.27; It 102.
Pi*.eti
Pi*.eti [Denom. fr. pin.a] to ball together, mix, put together Pv ii.952 (= pisana -- vasena yojeti PvA 135).
pp. pi*.ita.
Pi*.ola
Pi*.ola [etym. unclear] one who seeks alms S iii.93= It 89; cp. Np. ˚bh!radv!ja SnA 346, 514, 570.
Pi*.olya
Pi*.olya (nt.) [fr. pi*.ola] asking for alms, alms -- round S iii.93=It 89; Vism 31.
Pitar
Pitar [Vedic pit%, pitar -- ; cp. Gr. path/r; Lat. pater, Jup- piter, Dies -- piter=*zeu\s path/r; Goth. fadar=Ger.
vater= E. father; Oir. athir etc. to onomat. syllable *pa -- pa,