Pāli Dictionary

pītaka

pītastemkasuffix

Part of speech

adjective

Synonyms

pāna, pāyī

general

  • yellow; golden-coloured; (m.) the colour yellow

  • MN 7

    tam'enaṃ rajako yasmiṃ yasmiṃ raṅgajāte upasaṃhareyya, yadi nīlakāya yadi pītakāya yadi lohitakāya yadi mañjeṭṭhakāya durattavaṇṇam'ev'assa aparisuddhavaṇṇam'ev'assa.

  • MN 75

    seyyathā'pi, māgaṇḍiya, jacc'andho puriso, so na passeyya kaṇhasukkāni rūpāni, na passeyya nīlakāni rūpāni, na passeyya pītakāni rūpāni, na passeyya lohitakāni rūpāni

piṭaka

approximate

piṭrootasuffixkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

Root

piṭ1collect

general

  • a basket; a container

  • AN 3.69

    atha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṃ ādāya. so taṃ māluvālataṃ mūle chindeyya, mūle chetvā palikhaṇeyya, palikhaṇitvā mūlāni uddhareyya, antamaso usīranāḷamattāni'pi.

  • AN 8.8

    seyyathā'pi, devānam'inda, gāmassa vā nigamassa vā avidūre mahādhaññarāsi. tato mahājanakāyo dhaññaṃ āhareyya, kājehi'pi piṭakehi'pi ucchaṅgehi'pi añjalīhi'pi.

doctrine

  • a collection of scripture; one of the three main divisions of the Pali Canon (Vinaya, Sutta, Abhidhamma)

  • AN 3.65

    etha tumhe, kālāmā, mā anussavena, mā param'parāya, mā itikirāya, mā piṭakasampadānena, mā takkahetu, mā nayahetu, mā ākāraparivitakkena, mā diṭṭhinijjhānakkhantiyā, mā bhabbarūpatāya, mā samaṇo no garū'ti.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

pitakā
  1. pitapitar

    father; one who acts as a father; Brahmā (as the father of all beings)

  2. kā

    who?; what?; which?; which woman? (interrogative pronoun, feminine singular nominative of ‘ka’)

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