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) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ʈɐ.kɐ/

Noun

पिटक • (piṭaka) stem, m or n

1. a basket or box
2. a granary
3. a collection of writings
4. a boil, blister
5. a kind of ornament on Indra's banner

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of पिटक
Nom. sg.	पिटकः (piṭakaḥ)
Gen. sg.	पिटकस्य (piṭakasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिटकः (piṭakaḥ)	पिटकौ (piṭakau)	पिटकाः (piṭakāḥ)
Vocative	पिटक (piṭaka)	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)

Neuter a-stem declension of पिटक
Nom. sg.	पिटकम् (piṭakam)
Gen. sg.	पिटकस्य (piṭakasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	पिटकम् (piṭakam)	पिटके (piṭake)	पिटकानि (piṭakāni)
Vocative	पिटक (piṭaka)	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)

Descendants

• Pali: piṭaka

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 (2010-2024) “piṭaka”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.