Iṭṭhakā
Iṭṭhakā,(Itthakā) (f.) [BSk.iṣṭakā,e.g.Divy 221; from the Idg.root *idh › *aidh to burn,cp.Sk.idhma firewood,inddhe to kindle (idh or indh),edhaḥ fuel; Gr.a]i/qw burn,ai(_qos fire-brand; Lat.aedes,aestas & aestus; more especially Av.ištya tile,brick) -- 1.a burnt brick,a tile Vin II 121 (°pākara a brick wall,distinguished fr.silāpakāra & dāru°); J.III,435,446 (pākār iṭṭhikā read °aṭṭhakā); V,213 (rattiṭṭhikā); Vism.355 (°dārugomaya); PvA.4 (°cuṇṇa-makkhita-sīsa the head rubbed with brickpowder,i.e.plaster; a ceremony performed on one to be executed,cp.Mṛcchakaṭika X.5 piṣṭa-cūṛn’âvakīrṇaśca puruṣo ‘haṁ paśūkṛtaḥ with striking equation iṣṭaka › piṣṭa).‹-› 2.pl.(as suvaṇṇa°) gold or gilt tiles used for covering a cetiya or tope DhA.III,29,61; VvA.157.(Page 118)