Kattikā
Kattikā，（f．） （& °kattika） [cp．Sk．kṛttikā f．pl．the Pleiades & BSk．karthika] N．of a month （Oct．-Nov．），during which the full moon is near the constellation of Pleiades．It is the last month of the rainy season，terminating on the full moon day of Kattikā （kattika-puṇṇamā）．This season is divided into 5 months：Āsāḷha，Sāvaṇa，Bhaddara （Poṭṭhapāda），Assayuja，Kattikā； the month Assayuja is also called pubba-kattikā，whereas the fifth，K．，is also known as pacchima-kattikā； both are comprised in the term k．-dvemāsika．Bhikkhus retiring for the first 3 months of the Vassa （rainy season） are kattika-temāsikā，if they include the 4th，they are k．-cātumāsikā．The full moon of Assayuja is termed k．-temāsinī； that of Kattika is k．-cātumāsinī．See Vinaya passages & cp．nakkhatta．-- Nett 143 （kattiko，v．l．kattikā）．
--cātumāsinī see above Vin．III，263．--coraka a thief who in the month of K．，after the distribution of robes，attacks bhikkhus Vin．III，262．--chaṇa a festival held at the end of Lent on the full moon of pubba-kattikā，and coinciding with the Pavāraṇā J．I，433； II，372； V，212 sq．； Mhvs 17，17．--temāsi （-puṇṇamā） （the full moon） of pubbakattikā Vin．III，261； Mhvs 17，1 （°puṇṇamāsī）．--māsa the month K．J．II，372； Mhvs 12，2 （kattike māse）．--sukkapakkha the bright fortnight of K．Mhvs 17，64．（Page 183）