feminine (& ā neuter?) · iṭṭhakā 1 · iṭṭhakā 2
Iṭṭhakā (Itthakā) (feminine) [BHS iṣṭakā, e.g. Divy 221; from the Indo-Germanic root °idh > °aidh to burn, cf. Sanskrit idhma firewood, inddhe to kindle (idh or indh), edhah. fuel; Greek ἀίϧω burn, αἶϧος fire-brand; Latin aedes, aestas and aestus; more especially Avesta iśtya tile, brick]1. a burnt brick, a tile Vin II 121 (°pākara a brick wall, distinguished from silāpakāra and dāru°); Ja III 435, 446 (pākār-iṭṭhikā read °aṭṭhakā); V 213 (rattiṭṭhikā); Vism 355 (°dārugomaya); Pv-a 4 (°cuṇṇa-makkhita-sīsa the head rubbed with brick powder, i.e. plaster a ceremony performed on one to be executed, cf. Mr̥cchakaṭika X 5 piṣṭa-cūr̥nāvakīrṇaś ca puruśo'haṃ paśūkr̥taḥ with striking equation iṣṭaka > piṣṭa).2. plural (as suvaṇṇa°) gold or gilt tiles used for covering a cetiya or tope Dhp-a III 29, 61; Vv-a 157.
a brick, a tile
(fem, fem, from iṭṭha) brick; fired brick tile, brick [lit.] burnt Construction: √indh + ta + kā iṭṭha + kā
(fem, fem, from iṭṭha) tile tile [lit.] burnt Construction: √indh + ta + kā iṭṭha + kā