Pithaka, Pīṭhaka: 10 definitions
Introduction
Introduction:
Pithaka means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
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Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarypīṭhaka : (nt.) a small chair or bench.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryPīṭhaka, (fr. pīṭha) a chair, stool VvA. 8, 124. See also palāla°. (Page 461)
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 dictionaryPīṭhaka (पीठक).—A seat; हस्तिनां पीठकानां च गर्दभानां तथैव च (hastināṃ pīṭhakānāṃ ca gardabhānāṃ tathaiva ca) Mb.1.84.21 (com. pīṭhakānāṃ rājayogyānāṃ narayānaviśeṣāṇāṃ 'taravatarāvā' iti mleccheṣu prasiddhānām |).
Derivable forms: pīṭhakaḥ (पीठकः), pīṭhakam (पीठकम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryPiṭhaka (पिठक).—[, error for piṭaka, basket (in literal, Sanskrit sense): Kāraṇḍavvūha 52.23; 71.8. Cf. pīṭhaka.]
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Pīṭhaka (पीठक).—[, error for piṭaka, basket (in lit. sense as in Sanskrit): Kāraṇḍavvūha 28.17. Cf. next, and piṭhaka.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryPīṭhaka (पीठक).—[pīṭha + ka], I. m. and n. 1. A chair, a bench. 2. A saddle(?), Mahābhārata 1, 3486. Ii. f. ṭhikā. 1. A bench. 2. The section of a literary work, Dacak. 48, 7.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryPīṭhaka (पीठक).—[substantive], pīṭhikā [feminine] = [preceding]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Piṭhaka (पिठक):—[from piṭh] [wrong reading] for piṭaka.
2) Pīṭhaka (पीठक):—[from pīṭha] m. or n. a stool, chair, bench, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] a kind of palanquin, [Kāraṇḍa-vyūha]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Pīṭhaka (पीठक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Pīḍhaga, Pīḍhaya, Pīhaga.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Ends with: Apassayapithaka, Ganapithaka, Govindabhashyapithaka, Kapithaka, Mridupithaka, Nicapithaka, Suvannapithaka.
Full-text: Ganapithaka, Pithika, Pihaga, Nicapithaka, Pidhaya, Pidhaga, Mridupithaka, Apassayapithaka, Pitaka, Vidyabhushana, Palala, Grama-nilaya-nada-sarva-badha-pariharena, Pitha.
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Manasara (English translation) (by Prasanna Kumar Acharya)
Chapter 32 - The temples of attendant deities (parivāra)
Chapter 21 - The three-storeyed buildings (tritala or tribhūmi)
Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 6, Chapter 2 < [Khandaka 6 - On Dwellings and Furniture]