Pitha, Pīṭha, Piṭha, Pītha, Pīṭhā: 39 definitions

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Pitha means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

Pitha has 38 English definitions available.

Alternative spellings of this word include Peeth.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Pīṭha (पीठ):—n. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 5, 7.]

1) Stuhl, Sitz, Bank [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 171.] [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 217.] n. [Amarakoṣa 2, 6, 3, 40.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 684.] [Halāyudha 2, 155.] m. n. [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 6, 40. -] [PĀR.] [GṚHY. 1, 15.] [Mahābhārata 1, 5415. 4, 96.] pīṭhaṃ dattvā sādhavo bhyāgatāya [?5, 1399. 12, 1444. 13345. 13, 6699. Harivaṃśa 7230. 9606. Rāmāyaṇa 2, 69, 14. 81, 11. Raghuvaṃśa 4, 84. 6, 15. Scholiast zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 1, 3. 24. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 50, 38.] aṅghrisaroja [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 5, 41] (pīḍha gedr.) [Prabodhacandrodaja 81, 5.] Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 6, 519, Śloka 26.] pīṭhacchattropānaham [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 6, 7.] havirdhānasya [Āpastamba] bei [Sāyaṇa] zu [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 1, 30.] paṅgu [Scholiast] zu [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 3, 28]; vgl. pīṭhaga, pīṭhasarpa, pīṭhasarpin. mahīpratīhārapīṭhādhikāraṃ pratipadya Stuhl so v. a. Amt [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 484.] Statt dessen 142 fälschlich mahāpratīhārapīḍā. pīṭhī f. [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] —

2) n. Stuhl, Sitz in übertr. Bed., Unterlage, Piedestal: liṅga [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 126. 4, 274. 5, 46.] garbha die Vertiefung in dem Piedestal eines Götterbildes, = piṇḍikāśvabhra [BHAṬṬOTPALA] zu [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 59, 17.] vivara dass. ders. zu [58, 54.] karṇa die äussere Mündung des Gehörgangs [Suśruta 1, 56, 10.] aṃsa Schulterblatt [126, 1. 340, 18. 350, 13.] [Harivaṃśa 13165.] karikumbha [Spr. 1545.] Auch pīṭhī f.: gṛhāṇāṃ dārubandhāya pīṭhyām [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 492]; vgl. pīṭhikā unter pīṭhaka . —

3) n. Bez. bestimmter Heiligthümer (wohl die verschiedenen Glieder der Pārvatī darstellend) auf Plätzen (51 an der Zahl), an denen der Sage nach die Glieder der bei Dakṣa’s Opfer von Viṣṇu in Stücke zerhauenen Pārvatī niedergefallen sein sollen, [Śabdakalpadruma] sthāna [WILSON] in [Viṣṇupurāṇa LVII. 499, Nalopākhyāna 26.] Hierher vielleicht devī [Rājataraṅgiṇī 5, 473.] Vgl. u. jvālāmukhī . —

4) ein best. Schmuck: kirīṭapīṭhamukuṭairaṅgadairapi maṇḍitāḥ [Harivaṃśa 8063.] —

5) n. Bez. einer bestimmten Art zu sitzen [Oxforder Handschriften 11,a, Nalopākhyāna 1.] —

6) n. das Complement eines Segments [Algebra 84.] —

7) m. Nomen proprium eines Asura [Mahābhārata 7, 386. 12, 12956.] Minister Kaṃsa’s [Harivaṃśa 9155.] — Vgl. kathāpīṭha, tarkupīṭha, tarkupīṭhī, dharmapīṭha, nayapīṭhī, pādapīṭha, bhadra .

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Pītha (पीथ):—1. (von 1. pā) [Uṇādisūtra 2, 7.]

1) m. Trunk; s. 2. go, surā, soma . —

2) n. a) Wasser [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 217.] [Medinīkoṣa th. 9] (fälschlich pārtha gedruckt). [UJJVAL.] — b) Schmelzbutter [UJJVAL.]

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Pītha (पीथ):—2. (von 3. pā) m. Schutz; s. 1. go .

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Pītha (पीथ):—3. m.

1) die Sonne [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 99.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 217.] [Medinīkoṣa th. 9] (fälschlich pārtha gedr.). [VARṆAVIVEKA] bei [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 2, 7.] —

2) Feuer [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 67.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 169] (fälschlich pīpa). [Medinīkoṣa] —

3) Zeit [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 103.] — Vgl. pītu, pīyu .

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Pīṭha (पीठ):—

1) stha [Kathāsaritsāgara 103, 165.] Thronsessel [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 321. fgg.] [WILSON, Sel. Works 1, 200.] —

4) zu streichen, da mit der neueren Ausg. kirīṭāpīḍa zu lesen ist. —

7) füge am Ende [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 59, 12] hinzu.

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Pīṭha (पीठ):—

1) akṣanivapana Spieltisch [DURGA] zu [Yāska’s Nirukta 3, 5.] —

8) so v. a. District, Provinz: dhārā (so nach [KERN] zu lesen) [Pañcatantra ed. Bomb. IV & V 20, 2.] avantī [3.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Pīṭha (पीठ):——

1) n. — a) Stuhl , Sitz , Bank , Tisch [Bhāvaprakāśa 2,21.] auch *f. ī — b) Thronsessel. — c) Stuhl. so v.a. Amt. — d) Unterlage , piedestal Auch *f. ī — e) Bez. bestimmter Heiligthümer auf Plätzen , an denen der Sage nach die Glieder der bei Dakscha’s Opfer von Viṣṇu in Stücke zerhauenen Pārvatī niedergefallen sein sollen. — f) District , Provinz. — g) eine best. Art zu sitzen. — h) das Complement eines Segments. —

2) m. — a) ein best. Fisch [Indische studien von Weber 14,375.] — b) *die Sonne [Galano's Wörterbuch] — c) Nomen proprium eines Asura. = kirīṭapīṭha [Harivaṃśa 80,63.] Fehlerhaft für kirīṭāpīḍa.

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Pītha (पीथ):—1. —

1) m. am Ende eines Comp. Trunk. —

2) *n. — a) Wasser. — b) Schmelzbutter.

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Pītha (पीथ):—2. m. Schutz in 2. gopītha.

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Pītha (पीथ):—3. m. —

1) die Sonne. —

2) Feuer. —

3) Zeit.

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