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Pittha 80 Pinda
basket," wherever the act of digging is referred to,
e. g. Vin m.47 ; D
1.204 ; II. 199; J
i.ioi ; M
1.127; S 11.88; v.53 ; A
1.225, 336; DA 1.269. — 2. (fig.) t.t.
for the 3 main divisions of the Pali Canon " the three
baskets (basket as container of tradition Wintemitz,
Ind. Lit. n 8 ; cp. peja 2) of oral tradition," viz. Vinaya°,
Suttanta°, Abhidhamma" ; thus mentioned by name
at PvA 2; referred to as " tayo pitaka " at J 1.118;
Vism 96 (panca-nikaya-mandale tini pitakani parivatteti),
384 (tinnar) Vedanar) uggahanar), tinnar)
Pitakanai) uggahanag) ; SnA 1 10, 403 ; DhA in. 262 ;
IV.38 ; cp. Divy 18, 253, 488. With ref. to the Vinaya
mentioned at Viu v. 3. — Pitaka is a later collective
appellation of the Scriptures ; the first division of the
Canon (based on oral tradition entirely) being into
Sutta and Vinaya (i. e. the stock paragraphs learnt by
heart, and the rules of the Order). Thus described at
D II. 124; cp. the expression bhikkhu suttantika vinayadhara
Vin 11.75 (earlier than tepitaka or pitakadhara).
Independently of this division we find the designation
" Dhamma " applied to the doctrinal portions; and
out of this developed the 3"" Pitaka, the Abhidhammap.
See also Dhamma C. i. — The Canon as we have
it comes very near in language and contents to the canon
as established at the 3"" Council in the time of King
Asoka. The latter was in Magadhi. — The knowledge
of the 3 Pitakas as an accomplishment of the bhikkhu
is stated in the term tepitaka " one who is familiar with
the 3 P." (thus at MUn 18 ; Davs v.22 ; KhA 41 with
V. 1. ti° ; SnA 306 id. ; DhA in. 385). tipetaki (Vin v.3
KhemanJma t.), tipe^ka (Miln 90), and tipifaka-dhara
KhA 91. See also below "ttaya. In BSk. we find the
term trepitaka in early inscriptions ( i*' century a.d.^ see
e. g. Vogel, Epigraphical discoveries at Sarnath, Epigraphia
Indica vni. p. 173, 196; Bloch, /. As. Soc.
Bengal 1*898, 274, 280) ; the term tripitaka in literar>-
documents (e. g. Divy 54), as also tripita (e. g. Avi
261, 505). — On the Pitakas in general &
1.334 • Divy
the origin of the P. Canon see Oldenberg, in ed. of Vin
1; and Wintemitz, Gesch. d. Ind. Litt. 1913, 11. i sq. ;
III. 606, 635. — Cp. petaka.
-ttaya the triad of the Pifakas or holy Scriptures
SnA 328. -dhara one who knows (either one or two
or all three) the Pitaka by heart, as eka°, dvi°, ti° at
Vism 62, 99. -sampadaya according to the P. tradition
or on the ground of the authority of the P. M 1.520
(itihitiha etc.); 11.169 (id.); and in exegesis of itikira
(hearsay-tradition) at A 1. 189 =11.191 =Nd^ 151.
Pitthft' (°t.) [pp. of pirjsati^, cp. Sk. pista] what is ground,
grindings, crushed seeds, flour Vin 1.201, 203; iv.261,
341 (tila''=pinflaka) ; J 11.244 (masa°). As pitthi at
J 1-347-
-khadaniya " flour-eatables," i. e. pastry Vin 1.248
(cp. Vin. Texts 11.139). -dhitalika a flour-doll, i. e.
made of paste or a lump of flour PvA 16, 19 (cp. uddana
to the r' vagga p. 67 piuhi & reading pinda° on p. i 7).
-pindi a lump of flour Vism 500 (in comp.). -madda
flour paste Vin 11. 151 (expl'' in C. by pittha-khali ; cp.
pitthi-madda J in. 226, which would correspond to
pi§ti)- -sura
VvA 73.
(intoxicating) extract or spirits of flour
Pittha' (nt.) [identical in form with pittha''] a lintel (of a
door) Vin 1.47 (kavata") ; n.120 ("sanghata, cp, Vin.
Texts III. 105), 148, 207.
Pittha^ ("t.) [cp. Vedic prstha, expl'* by Grassmann as
pra-stha, i. e. what stands out] back, hind part ; also
surface, top J 1.167 (pasana° top of a rock). Usually
in oblique cases as adv., viz. instr. pitthena along, over,
beside, by way of, on J 11. 1 11 (udaka°) ; 1V.3 (samudda"),
at a ditch
loc. pitthe by the side of, near, at : parikha"
PvA 201 ; on, on top of, on the back of (animals):
ammanassa p. J vi.381 (cp. pitthiyar)) ; tina° J iv.444 ;
panka" J 1.223 • samudda" J 1.202. — assa" on horseback
D 1. 103 ; similarly : varaijassa p. J 1.358 ; siha° J n.244 ;
hatthi° J 11.244 ; III-392. See also following.
Pitthi & Pitthi (f.) [ = pittha3, of which it has taken over
the main function as noun. On relation pittha >
pitthi cp. Trenckner, Notes ; 55 Franke, Bezzenberger's
BeitrUge xx.287. Cp. also the Prk. forms pittha,
pitthi & pisti, all representing Sk. prstha : Pischel,
Prk. Gram. §53] i. the back Vin 11.2CO (pitthi) ; M 1.354
J 1.207; 11159. 279. pitthig (paccamittassa) passati
to see the (enemy's) back, i. e. to see the last of somebody
J 1.296, 488 ; iv.2c8. pitthi as opposed to ura
(breast) at Vin 11.105 ; Sn 609; as opposed to tala
(palm) with ref. to hand & foot : hattha (or pada-) tala
& "pitthi: J
IV, 1 88; Vism 361. — abl. pitthito as adv.
(from) behind, at the back of Sn 412 (-1- anubandhati
to follow closely) ; VvA 256 ; PvA
78 (geha°). pitthito
karoti to leave behind, to turn one's back on J 1.71
(cp. prsthato-mukha Divy 333). pitthito pitthito
right on one's heels, ven,' closely Vin 1.47 ; D i.i, 226.
— 2. top, upper side (in which meaning usually pittha^),
only in cpd. "pasana and loc. pitthiyat] as adv. on top
of J v. 297 (ammana°). pitthi at VvA 10 1 is evidentlj'
faulty reading.
-apariya teacher's understudy, pupil-teacher, tutor
J II. 100 ; v. 458, 473, 501. -kantaka spina dorsi, back-
bone M 1.58, 80, 89; in.92 ; \ism
271; VbhA 243;
KhA 49 sq. ;
(bath room ?)
Sdhp 102. -kotthaka an upper room
DhA n.19, 20. -gata following behind,
foU. one's example Vism 47. -pannasala a leaf-hut at
the back J vi.545. -parikamma treating one's back
(by rubbing) Vin 11. 106. -passe (loc.) at the back of,
behind J 1.292 ; PvA 55, 83, 106. -pada the back of
the foot, lit. foot-back, i. e. the heel Vism 251 ; KhA 51.
Catthika) ; DA
1.254. -pasana a fiat stone or rock,
plateau, ridge J 1.278; 11.352; vi.279; DhA 11.58;
VbhA 5, 266. -baha the back of the arm, i. e. elbow
the flesh of the
(cp. °pada) KhA 49, 50 (°atthi) : -magsa
back PvA 210; SnA 287. -magsika backbiting, one
who talks behind a person's back Sn 244 ( = °mai)sakhadaka
C); J 11. 186 (of an unfair judge); v.i ; Pv
III. 9' (BB ; T. °aka). As "maijsiya at J v. 10. -magsikata
backbiting Nd^ 39. -roga back-ache SnA in.
-vagsa back bone, a certain beam in a building DhA
1.52.
Pitthika (adj.) (-°) [fr. pittbi] having a back, in digha°
with a long back or ridge Sn 604 ; mudu° having a
flexible back Vin ni.35.
Pitthika (f.)=pitthi; loc. pitthikaya at the back of,
behind J 1.456 (raandala").
Pitthimant (adj.) [fr. pitthi] having a back, in f. pitthimati
(sena) (an army) having troops on (horse- or,
elephant-) back J vi.396.
Pithara (m. & nt.) [cp. Epic Sk. pithara] a pot, a pan
Miln 107 (spelt pithara). As pitharaka [cp. BSk.
pitharika Divy 496 ; so read for T. piparika] at KhA 54
to be read for T. pivaraka according to -Vpp- SnA 869.
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