pīṭhikā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] 1 A seat(bench, stool). --2 A pedestal, base. --3 A section or division of a book, as the pūrvapī- ṭhikā and uttarapīṭhikā of daśakumāraca- rita.

Appears in 11 texts

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1 A seat(bench, stool). --2 A pedestal, base. --3 A section or division of a book, as the pūrvapī- ṭhikā and uttarapīṭhikā of daśakumāraca- rita.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

9

Texts Appeared In

8

DCS: a rhinoceros or = "vajra-granthi"

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Ānandakanda 2 22.2%
2. Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha 1 11.1%
3. Kāmasūtra 1 11.1%
4. Liṅgapurāṇa 1 11.1%
5. Narmamālā 1 11.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rasārṇava surface: pīṭhikā

  khallastu pīṭhikā devi rasendro liṅgamucyate

• Ānandakanda surface: pīṭhikā

  khalvaṃ tu pīṭhikā devi rasendro liṅga ucyate

• Ānandakanda surface: pīṭhikāṃ

  samāṃśabhakṣaṇaṃ tasya pīṭhikāṃ tasya kārayet