Pitaka, Pītaka, Piṭaka, Piṭāka: 16 definitions

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Alternative spellings of this word include Pitak.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgraha

Piṭaka (पिटक) refers to “pimple/carbuncle” and is one of the various diseases mentioned in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning piṭaka] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Piṭakā (पिटका):—Papule

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Piṭaka (पिटक) refers to a set of teachings composed by Mahākātyāyana according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXX). Accordingly, “what is the teaching of the Piṭaka, etc.?—The Piṭaka contains 3,200,000 words; when the Buddha was still in the world, it was composed by Ta Kia tchan yen (Mahākātyāyana); after the Buddha’s parinirvāṇa, the length of man’s life diminished, the strength of his intellect decreased and people were unable to recite the Piṭaka fully; then the individuals who had attained the Path composed a summary in 384,000 words”.

Note: This is Mahākātyānana, author of the Peṭakopadeśa and not Kātyāyana, author of the Jñānaprasthāna.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Piṭaka.—(CII 4), a measure of capacity. Cf. Traipiṭaka. Note: piṭaka is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

piṭaka : (nt.) a basket; a container; one of the three main division of Pāli Canon. || pītaka (adj.) yellow; golden colour. (m.) yellow colour.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Piṭaka, (cp. Epic Sk. piṭaka, etym. not clear. See also P. peḷā & peḷikā) 1. basket Vin I 225 (ghaṭa p. ucchaṅga), 240 (catudoṇika p.); Pv IV. 333; Vism. 28 (piṭake nikkhitta-loṇa-maccha-phāla-sadisaṃ phaṇaṃ); dhañña° a grain-basket DhA. III, 370; vīhi° a rice basket DhA. III, 374. Usually in combn kuddāḷa-piṭaka “hoe and basket, ” wherever the act of digging is referred to, e.g. Vin. III, 47; D. I, 101; M. I, 127; S. II, 88; V, 53; A. I, 204; II, 199; J. I, 225, 336; DA. I, 269.—2. (fig.) t. t. for the 3 main divisions of the Pāli Canon “the three baskets (basket as container of tradition Winternitz, Ind. Lit. II. 8; cp. peḷā 2) of oral tradition, ” viz. Vinaya°, Suttanta°, Abhidhamma°; thus mentioned by name at PvA. 2; referred to as “tayo piṭakā” at J. I, 118; Vism. 96 (pañca-nikāya-maṇḍale tīṇi piṭakāni parivatteti), 384 (tiṇṇaṃ Vedānaṃ uggahaṇaṃ, tiṇṇaṃ Piṭakānaṃ uggahaṇaṃ); SnA 110, 403; DhA. III, 262; IV, 38; cp. Divy 18, 253, 488. With ref. to the Vinaya mentioned at Vin. V, 3.—Piṭaka 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. II, 75 (earlier than tepiṭaka or piṭakadhara). Independently of this division we find the designation “Dhamma” applied to the doctrinal portions; and out of this developed the 3rd Piṭaka, the Abhidhammap. See also Dhamma C. 1.—The Canon as we have it comes very near in language and contents to the canon as established at the 3rd Council in the time of King Asoka. The latter was in Māgadhī.—The knowledge of the 3 Piṭakas as an accomplishment of the bhikkhu is stated in the term tepīṭaka “one who is familiar with the 3 P. ” (thus at Miln. 18; Dāvs. V, 22; KhA 41 with v. l. ti°; SnA 306 id.; DhA. III, 385). tipetakī (Vin. V, 3 Khemanāma t.), tipeṭaka (Miln. 90), and tipiṭaka-dhara KhA 91. See also below °ttaya. In BSk. we find the term trepiṭaka in early inscriptions (1st century A. D. , see e.g. Vogel, Epigraphical discoveries at Sārnāth, Epigraphia Indica VIII, p. 173, 196; Bloch, J. As. Soc. Bengal 1898, 274, 280); the term tripiṭaka in literary documents (e.g. Divy 54), as also tripiṭa (e.g. AvŚ I. 334; Divy 261, 505).—On the Piṭakas in general & the origin of the P. Canon see Oldenberg, in ed. of Vin 1; and Winternitz, Gesch. d. Ind. Litt. 1913, II. 1 sq.; III, 606, 635.—Cp. peṭaka.—ttaya the triad of the Piṭakas or holy Scriptures SnA 328.—dhara one who knows (either one or two or all three) the Piṭaka by heart, as eka°, dvi°, ti° at Vism. 62, 99.—sampadāya according to the P. tradition or on the ground of the authority of the P. M. I, 520 (itihītiha etc.); II, 169 (id.); and in exegesis of itikirā (hearsay-tradition) at A. I, 189=II. 191=Nd2 151. (Page 457)

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Pītaka, (adj.) (fr. pīta) yellow Vin. IV, 159; Th. 2, 260; J. II, 274; Pv III, 13 (=suvaṇṇavaṇṇa PvA. 170); Dhs. 617 (nīla p. lohitaka odāta kāḷaka mañjeṭṭhaka); ThA. 211.—pītakā (f.) saffron, turmeric M. I, 36. (Page 462)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Piṭaka (पिटक).—1 A box, basket; सशूर्पपिटकाः सर्वे (saśūrpapiṭakāḥ sarve) Mb.5. 155.7.

2) A granary.

3) A pimple, pustule, small boil or ulcer; (also piṭakā or piṭikā in this sense); ततो गण्डस्योपरि पिटका संवृत्ता (tato gaṇḍasyopari piṭakā saṃvṛttā) Ś.2; सितरक्तपीतकृष्णा विप्रादीनां क्रमेण पिटका ये । ते क्रमशः प्रोक्तफला वर्णानामग्रजादीनाम् (sitaraktapītakṛṣṇā viprādīnāṃ krameṇa piṭakā ye | te kramaśaḥ proktaphalā varṇānāmagrajādīnām) || Bṛ. S.52.1.

4) A kind of ornament on the banner of Indra.

5) A collection of writings; as विनयपिटकम् (vinayapiṭakam).

-kā 1 A small boil or pimple;

2) A box, basket; खनित्रपिटके चोभे समानयत गच्छत (khanitrapiṭake cobhe samānayata gacchata) Rām.2.37.5.

Derivable forms: piṭakaḥ (पिटकः), piṭakam (पिटकम्).

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Piṭāka (पिटाक).—A basket, box.

Derivable forms: piṭākaḥ (पिटाकः).

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Pītaka (पीतक).—a. Yellow.

-kaḥ The Aśoka tree.

-kam 1 Yellow orpiment.

2) Brass.

3) Saffron.

4) Honey.

5) Aloewood.

6) Sandal-wood.

7) Yellow sandal.

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Piṭaka (पिटक).—A boil, blister.

Derivable forms: piṭakaḥ (पिटकः).

See also (synonyms): viṭaka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Piṭaka (पिटक).—nt., m. (= Pali id.), = prec.; of the Buddhist canon, in tripiṭaka, q.v.; also in Bodhisattva-piṭaka, collection of writings on bodhisattvas: (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 22.12 (°kaṃ… bhāṣiṣye, referring to (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa itself or its doctrine), et passim in (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (not noted elsewhere, but compare -piṭakīya); (also, m., as in Sanskrit, blister, pustule, swelling on the skin: [krodhāvi- ṣṭasya mahānagnasya] yāval latāṭe piṭakās tiṣṭhanti…Gaṇḍavyūha 504.6.) On piṭakā see piṭṭakā.

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Pītaka (पीतक).—(1) adj. and subst., ifc. one that has drunk, in viṣa-pītaka (= Sanskrit °pīta), one that has drunk poison (specifying -ka ?): (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 462.26; subst. (= Sanskrit pīta), drink: Avadāna-śataka i.179.6 f.; (2) name of two nāga kings (? from the other Sanskrit pīta, yellow): Mahā-Māyūrī 247.14 dvau Pītakau nāgarā- jānau.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piṭaka (पिटक).—mfn. subst.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) A boil, an ulcer. m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A basket, a box. 2. A large basket, or receptacle of basket work, for keeping grain, &c.; a granary. 3. An ornament on Indra's banner. E. piṭ to collect, aff. kkun; also piṭa and peṭaka .

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Piṭāka (पिटाक).—m.

(-kaḥ) 1. The name of a saint. 2. A basket, a box. E. piṭ to collect, and kāka Unadi aff.

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Pītaka (पीतक).—n.

(-kaṃ) 1. Yellow orpiment. 2. Saffron. 3. Aloe-wood. 4. Brass. 5. Honey. m.

(-kaḥ) 1. A sort of gentian, (G. Cherayta.) 2. The Tun tree. E. pīta yellow, aff. kan.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piṭaka (पिटक).—[piṭa + ka], m., f. kā, and n. 1. A basket, [Harivaṃśa, (ed. Calc.)] 14578. 2. A boil. 3. An ornament on Indra's banner, Mahābhārata 1, 2354.

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Pītaka (पीतक).—[pīta + ka], I. adj., f. tikā, Of a yellow colour, [Rāmāyaṇa] 6, 82, 60. Ii. f. tikā, Saffron.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Piṭaka (पिटक).—[masculine] [neuter], ā [feminine] basket, box; boil, blister.

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Pītaka (पीतक).—[feminine] tikā = [preceding]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Piṭaka (पिटक):—[from piṭ] mf(ā)n. (usually n.) a basket (from √piṭ in the sense of gathering together) or box, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] etc. (ifc. ikā, [Mānava-gṛhya-sūtra])

3) [v.s. ...] a granary, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] a collection of writings (cf. tri-p)

5) [v.s. ...] a boil, blister, [Caraka] (printed piṭhaka), [Jātakamālā]

6) [v.s. ...] a kind of ornament on Indra’s banner, [Mahābhārata; Varāha-mihira]

7) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man (also piṭāka) [gana] śivādi, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

8) Pītaka (पीतक):—[from pīta] mf(ikā)n. yellow, [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa; Suśruta] (also applied to the 4th unknown quantity, [Colebrooke])

9) [v.s. ...] m. y° amaranth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

10) [v.s. ...] Odina Pennata, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

11) [from pīta] n. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) orpiment

12) [v.s. ...] brass

13) [v.s. ...] honey

14) [v.s. ...] saffron

15) [v.s. ...] yellow sanders

16) [v.s. ...] aloe wood

17) [v.s. ...] Curcuma Aromatica

18) [v.s. ...] Terminalia Tomentosa, a species of Śyonāka.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Piṭaka (पिटक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. A basket; a granary. m. f. n. A boil.

2) Piṭāka (पिटाक):—(kaḥ) 1. m. The name of a sage.

3) Pītaka (पीतक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. Yellow orpiment, saffron; aloe wood; brass; honey. m. A sort of gentian, (G. Cherayta;) the Tūn tree.

[Sanskrit to German] (Deutsch Wörterbuch)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Piṭaka (पिटक):—(von piṭa) m. n. gaṇa ardharcādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.2,4,31.] [Siddhāntakaumudī 249,a,1.]

1) Korb, m. [Amarakoṣa 2, 10, 30.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1017,] [Scholiast] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 66.] [Medinīkoṣa k. 119.] Gewöhnlich n., selten m. und f. (ā). piṭakena harati gaṇa utsaṅgādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 4, 15.] khanitrapiṭake du. [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 37, 5.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 31, 19. 37, 5. 39, 20.] khanitrapiṭakādhara [Rāmāyaṇa] [SCHL. 2, 31, 25.] phālapiṭaka n. (= khanitrapiṭaka, dātrapiṭaka) [36, 25.] dātrapiṭaka n. [Mahābhārata 12,8392.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50,86.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 245,] [Scholiast] [SADDH. Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.4,19,b.] piṭakānimān [20,a.] saśūrpapiṭakāḥ sarve [Mahābhārata 5, 5249.] (piśācau) khādantau māṃsapiṭakaṃ pibantau rudhiraṃ bahu einen Korb mit Fleisch oder eine grosse Masse Fleisch [Harivaṃśa 14578. 14704. 15994.] Vgl. gaṇi, tri, peṭa, peṭaka u. s. w. —

2) Beule, m. f. n. [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 2, 4.] [Medinīkoṣa Manu’s Gesetzbuch] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 466.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Halāyudha 2, 449. -] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 51, 1. fgg.] piṭakalakṣaṇa Name des 51ten Adhyāya. sapiṭako (so ist zu lesen) bhavat [Rājataraṅgiṇī ed. Calc. 4, 526.] Geschwür [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 221.] Vgl. piḍaka . —

3) ein best. Schmuck an Indra's Banner [Mahābhārata 1, 2354.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 42, 7. 41. fgg.] —

4) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes (neben piṭāka) gaṇa śivādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 112.]

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Piṭāka (पिटाक):—neben piṭaka gaṇa pāśādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 49] und utsaṅgādi zu [4, 15.] m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes (daneben piṭaka) gaṇa śivādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 112.] Nomen proprium eines Weisen [Uṇādikoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma]

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Pītaka (पीतक):—(von 2. pīta)

1) adj. f. pītikā gelb [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 2, Vārttika von Kātyāyana. 3. 4.] gaṇa yāvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 5, 4, 29.] [Mahābhārata 5, 2472. 12, 6934] (die Farbe der Vaiśya). [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 82, 60.] [Suśruta 1, 199, 7. 40, 14. 114, 14. 286, 6.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 4, 5.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 34, 4. 53, 20. 32. 85, 78.] —

2) f. pītikā a) Saffran [Suśruta 1, 359, 20.] — b) Gelbwurz [Ratnamālā 58] (pītakā unsere Hdschr., pītikā [Śabdakalpadruma] und [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] nach ders. Aut.). — c) gelber Jasmin (svarṇayūthī) [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] —

3) n. a) Auripigment [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 104.] — b) Messing. — c) Honig. — d) Saffran. — e) gelber Sandel ([Śabdakalpadruma] u. pītacandana). — f) Amyris Agallocha u.s.w. (aguru). — g) = padmakāṣṭha, kiṃkirāta (in dieser Bed. m. [Wilson’s Wörterbuch]). — h) = haridru . — i) eine Art Śyonāka [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] — k) = nandīvṛkṣa (in dieser Bed. m. [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] nach [Rājanirghaṇṭa]). — l) = pītaśāla [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. taruṇapītikā .

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Piṭaka (पिटक):—

2) [Oxforder Handschriften 357,a, No. 849. fg.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Piṭaka (पिटक):——

1) m. f. ( ā) n. — a) Korb Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. piṭikā (!) [Mānavagṛhyasūtra 2,6.] — b) Beule [Carakasaṃhitā 1,17.(] piṭhaka gedr.). *f. *n. —

2) *m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes. —

3) n. ein best. Schmuck und Indra’s Banner.

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Pītaka (पीतक):——

1) Adj. ( tikā) gelb. Als. Bez. der vierten unbekannten Grösse [Colebrooke 228.] —

2) *m. — a) gelber Amaranth [Rājan 10,135.] — b) Odina pinnata [Rājan 12,76.] —

3) f. tikā — a) Saffran. — b) *Gelbwurz. — c) *gelber Jasmin. —

4) *n. — a) Auripigment. — b) Messing [Rājan 13,28.] — c) Honig. — d) Saffran. — e) gelber Sandel [Rājan 12,16.] — f) Aloeholz [Rājan 12,93.] — g) Curcuma aromatica. — h) Terminalia tomentosa. — i) eine Art Śyonāka.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Piṭaka (पिटक) [Also spelled pitak]:—(nm) a small box/basket; collection of Buddhist scriptures [[tripiṭaka]].

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