पिटक
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- পিটক (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬶᬝᬓ (Balinese script)
- পিটক (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰰𑰘𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀺𑀝𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ပိဋက (Burmese script)
- પિટક (Gujarati script)
- ਪਿਟਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌿𑌟𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦶꦛꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂱𑂗𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಿಟಕ (Kannada script)
- បិដក (Khmer script)
- ປິຏກ (Lao script)
- പിടക (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡳᢞᠠᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘱𑘘𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠢᢌᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧒𑦸𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐶𑐚𑐎 (Newa script)
- ପିଟକ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢶꢜꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆴𑆛𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖰𑖘𑖎 (Siddham script)
- පිටක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩑𑩦𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚮𑚔𑚊 (Takri script)
- பிடக (Tamil script)
- పిటక (Telugu script)
- ปิฏก (Thai script)
- པི་ཊ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒱𑒙𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨁𑨔𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *pirtakas, of uncertain ultimate origin; Turner suggests a non-Indo-Iranian substrate borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pi.ʈɐ.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pi.ʈɐ.kɐ/
Noun
पिटक • (piṭaka) stem, m or n
- a basket or box
- a granary
- a collection of writings
- a boil, blister
- a kind of ornament on Indra's banner
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पिटकः (piṭakaḥ) | पिटकौ (piṭakau) | पिटकाः (piṭakāḥ) |
| accusative | पिटकम् (piṭakam) | पिटकौ (piṭakau) | पिटकान् (piṭakān) |
| instrumental | पिटकेन (piṭakena) | पिटकाभ्याम् (piṭakābhyām) | पिटकैः (piṭakaiḥ) |
| dative | पिटकाय (piṭakāya) | पिटकाभ्याम् (piṭakābhyām) | पिटकेभ्यः (piṭakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पिटकात् (piṭakāt) | पिटकाभ्याम् (piṭakābhyām) | पिटकेभ्यः (piṭakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पिटकस्य (piṭakasya) | पिटकयोः (piṭakayoḥ) | पिटकानाम् (piṭakānām) |
| locative | पिटके (piṭake) | पिटकयोः (piṭakayoḥ) | पिटकेषु (piṭakeṣu) |
| vocative | पिटक (piṭaka) | पिटकौ (piṭakau) | पिटकाः (piṭakāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पिटकम् (piṭakam) | पिटके (piṭake) | पिटकानि (piṭakāni) |
| accusative | पिटकम् (piṭakam) | पिटके (piṭake) | पिटकानि (piṭakāni) |
| instrumental | पिटकेन (piṭakena) | पिटकाभ्याम् (piṭakābhyām) | पिटकैः (piṭakaiḥ) |
| dative | पिटकाय (piṭakāya) | पिटकाभ्याम् (piṭakābhyām) | पिटकेभ्यः (piṭakebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पिटकात् (piṭakāt) | पिटकाभ्याम् (piṭakābhyām) | पिटकेभ्यः (piṭakebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पिटकस्य (piṭakasya) | पिटकयोः (piṭakayoḥ) | पिटकानाम् (piṭakānām) |
| locative | पिटके (piṭake) | पिटकयोः (piṭakayoḥ) | पिटकेषु (piṭakeṣu) |
| vocative | पिटक (piṭaka) | पिटके (piṭake) | पिटकानि (piṭakāni) |
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पिटक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 625/2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “piṭaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “piṭaka”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.