Mātikā
Mātikā,(f.) [*Sk.mātṛkā] 1.a water course Vism.554 (°âtikkamaka); Mhvs 35,96; 37,50; SnA 500 (=sobbha); DhA.II,141 (its purpose:“ito c’ito ca udakaṁ haritvā attano sassa-kammaṁ sampādenti”); VvA.301.-- 2.tabulation,register,tabulated summary,condensed contents,esp.of philosophical parts of the Canonical books in the Abhidhamma; used in Vinaya in place of Abhidhamma Piṭaka; probably the original form of that (later) Piṭaka Vin.I,119,337; II,8 [cp.semantically in similar sense Lat.mātrix=E.matric,i.e.register.In BSk.mātrikā Divy 18,333] A.I,117 (Dhamma-dhara,Vinaya-dhara,Mātikā-dhara; here equivalent to Abhidhamma); Vism.312 (so pañcavasso hutvā dve mātikā paguṇaṁ katvā pavāretvā); SnA 15; KhA 37,99,117.
--nikkhepa putting down of a summary,tabulation Vism.536,540.The summary itself is sometimes called nikkhepa,e.g.the 4th part of the Atthasālinī (DhsA.pp.343--409) is called nikkhepa-kaṇḍa or chapter of the summary; similarly m.--nikkhepa vāra at Tikp.11.(Page 528)