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					Piṭṭha,3 (nt.) [cp.Vedic pṛṣṭha,expld by Grassmann as pra-sthā,i.e.what stands out] back,hind part; also surface,top J.I,167 (pāsāṇa° top of a rock).Usually in oblique cases as adv.,viz.Instr.piṭṭhena along,over,beside,by way of,on J.II,111 (udaka°); IV,3 (samudda°),Loc.piṭṭhe by the side of,near,at:parikhā° at a ditch PvA.201; on,on top of,on the back of (animals):ammaṇassa p.J.VI,381 (cp.piṭṭhiyaṁ); tiṇa° J.IV,444; paṅka° J.I,223; samudda° J.I,202.-- assa° on horseback D.I,103; similarly:vāraṇassa p.J.I,358; sīha° J.II,244; haṭṭhi° J.II,244; III,392.See also following.Piṭṭhi & Piṭṭhī (f.) [=piṭṭha3,of which it has taken over the main function as noun.On relation piṭṭha› piṭṭhi cp.Trenckner,Notes 55; Franke,Bezzenberger’s Beiträge XX.287.Cp.also the Prk.forms piṭṭha,piṭṭhī & piṣṭī,all representing Sk.prṣṭḥa:Pischel,Prk.Gram.§53] 1.the back Vin.II,200 (piṭṭhī); M.I,354; J.I,207; II,159,279.piṭṭhiṁ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy’s) back,i.e.to see the last of somebody J.I,296,488; IV,208.piṭṭhi as opposed to ura (breast) at Vin.II,105; Sn.609; as opposed to tala (palm) with ref.to hand & foot:hattha (or pada-) tala & °piṭṭhi:J.IV,188; Vism.361.-- Abl.piṭṭhito as adv.(from) behind,at the back of Sn.412 (+anubandhati to follow closely); VvA.256; PvA.78 (geha°).piṭṭhito karoti to leave behind,to turn one’s back on J.I,71 (cp.pṛṣṭhato-mukha Divy 333).piṭṭhito piṭṭhito right on one’s heels,very closely Vin.I,47; D.I,1,226.-- 2.top,upper side (in which meaning usually piṭṭha3),only in cpd.°pāsāṇa and Loc.piṭṭhiyaṁ as adv.on top of J.V,297 (ammaṇa°) piṭṭhi at VvA.101 is evidently faulty reading.  --ācariya teacher’s understudy,pupil-teacher,tutor J.II,100; V,458,473,501.--kaṇṭaka spina dorsi,backbone M.I,58,80,89; III,92; Vism.271; VbhA.243; KhA 49 sq.; Sdhp.102.--koṭṭhaka an upper room (bath room?) DhA.II,19,20.--gata following behind,foll.One’s example Vism.47.--paṇṇasālā a leaf-hut at the back J.VI,545.--parikamma treating one’s back (by rubbing) Vin.II,106.--passe (Loc.) at the back of,behind J.I,292; PvA.55,83,106.--pāda the back of the foot,lit.foot-back,i.e.the heel Vism.251; KhA 51,(°aṭṭhika); DA.I,254.--pāsāṇa a flat stone or rock,plateau,ridge J.I,278; II,352; VI,279; DhA.II,58; VbhA.5,266.--bāha the back of the arm,i.e.elbow (cp.°pāda) KhA 49,50 (°aṭṭhi):--maṁsa the flesh of the back PvA.210; SnA 287.--maṁsika backbiting,one who talks behind a person’s back Sn.244 (=°maṁsakhādaka C.); J.II,186 (of an unfair judge); V,1; Pv III,97 (BB; T.°aka).As °maṁsiya at J.V,10.--maṁsikȧtā backbiting Nd2 39.--roga back-ache SnA 111.--vaṁsa back bone,a certain beam in a building DhA.I,52.(Page 457)