The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sikat! (f.) [cp. Sk. sikat!] sand, gravel; suva**a˚ gold dust A i.253.
Sik!yasamaya
Sik!yasa -- maya (adj.) [made of tempered steel (said of swords) J vi.449 (cp. Note of the trsln p. 546).
Sikk!
Sikk! (f.) [cp. Sk. $iky!] string, string of a balance Vin ii.110; 131, J i.9; ii.399; iii.13 (text sikkh!); vi.242;
VvA 244 (mutt!˚ string of pearls); Kvu 336 sq.
Sikkhati
Sikkhati [Vedic $ik+ati; Desid. to $ak: see sakkoti. -- The Dhtp (12) gives "vijj' op!d!na" as meaning] 1. to
learn, to train oneself (=gha&ati v!yamati Vism 274); usually combined with the locative, thus sikkh! --
padesu s. to train oneself in the Sikkh!padas D i.63, 250; Vin i.84; It 96, 118; also with the dative,
indicating the purpose; thus vinay!ya s. to train oneself to give up Sn 974; the thing acquired by training is
also put in the accusative; thus nibb!na' s. to learn, to train oneself towards Nibb!na Sn 940, 1061; Miln
10; Pot. sikkheyy!si Miln 10; sikkheyy!ma D ii.245; sikkhema Sn 898; sikkhe Sn 974; sikkheyya Sn 930.
Fut. sikkhiss!mi Vin iv.141; sikkhiss!mase Sn 814; ppr. sikkhanto Sn 657; ppr. med. sikkham!na training
oneself Vin iv.141; D ii.241; It 104, 121; sikkham!n! (f.) a young woman undergoing a probationary
course of training in order to become a nun Vin i.135, 139, 145, 147, 167; iv.121; A iii.276; S ii.261; grd.
sikkhitabba Vin i.83; J vi.296; M i.123; D ii.138; Miln 10; & sikkha that ought to be learnt Miln 10; inf.
sikkhitu' Vin i.84, 270; ger. sikkhitv! Miln 219. -- 2. to want to overcome, to try, tempt D ii.245. -- pp.
sikkhita. Caus. II. sikkh!peti to teach, to train J i.162, 187, 257; DA i.261; Miln 32; PvA 3, 4.
Sikkhana
Sikkhana (nt.) [fr. $ik+] training, study J i.58.
Sikkh!
Sikkh! (f.) [Vedic $ik+!] 1. study, training, discipline Vin iii.23; D i.181; A i.238; S ii.50, 131; v.378; Dhs
1004; VbhA 344 (various). -- sikkha' paccakkh!taka one who has abandoned the precepts Vin i.135, 167;
ii.244 sq. (cp. sikkh! -- paccakkh!na Vin ii.279, and sikkha' apaccakkh!ya Vin iii.24; S iv.190; sikkh!
apaccakkh!t!, ibid.); tisso sikkh! S iii.83; Ps i.46 sq.; Miln 133, 237; Nd1 39; explained as adhis"la -- ,
adhicitta -- , and adhipaññ! -- sikkh! A i.234 sq.; Nett 126; with the synonyms sa'vara, sam!dhi & paññ! at
Vism 274. 2. (as one of the 6 Ved!ngas) phonology or phonetics, combd with nirutti (interpretation,
etymology) DA i.247=SnA 447. -- !nisa'sa whose virtue is training, praise of discipline A ii.243; It 40 --
ânusantatavutti whose behaviour is thoroughly in accordance with the discipline Nett 112. -- k!ma anxious
for training Vin i.44; D ii.101; S v.154, 163; A i.24, 238; ˚ -- t! anxiety for training J i.161. -- sam!d!na
taking the precepts upon oneself Vin i.146; Miln 162; A i.238 sq.; iv.15; v.165. -- s!j"va system of training
Vin iii.23 sq.; Pug 57.
Sikkh!pada
Sikkh!pada (nt.) [sikkh!+pada, the latter in sense of pada 3. Cp. BSk. $ik+!pada] set of precepts,
"preceptorial," code of training; instruction, precept, rule. -- 1. in general: D i.63, 146, 250; M i.33; A i.63,
235 sq.; ii.14, 250 sq.; iii.113, 262; iv.152, 290 sq.; S ii.224; v.187; Vin i.102; ii.95, 258; iii.177; iv.141
(sahadhammika), 143 (khudd' ânukhuddak!ni); It 96, 118; VbhA 69 (bhesajja˚); DhA iii.16. -- 2. in special:
the 5 (or 10) rules of morality, or the precepts to be adopted in particular by one who is entering the
Buddhist community either as a layman or an initiate. There seem to have been only 5 rules at first, which
are the same as the first 5 s"las (see s"la 2 b): S ii.167; Vbh 285 (expld in detail at VbhA 381 sq.); DhA i.32