pIWikA · feminine
pīṭhikā , ( 1 ) base, pedestal (of a divine figure; cf. Skt. pīṭha): pṛthivī tasya pī° Kv 15.9 (misprinted pīthikā); this is the definition of pw , but perhaps footstool is at least equally probable; ( 2 ) in Kv 32.18 perh. error for piṭakā or piṭikā = Skt. piṭaka, basket , in lit. sense ( cf. pīṭhaka ): pīṭhikām upagṛhya, said of Rāma (Viṣṇu) masquerading as a brahman dwarf in mendicantʼs garb; pīṭhikā surely means something which an ascetic might carry (hardly footstool! ).
a small chair or bench
Pīṭhikā (feminine) [from pīṭha] a bench, stool Vin II 149 ("cushioned chair" Sp 1243; see Vinaya Texts III 165); Ja IV 349; Sv I 41; Vv-a 8.
(fem, fem, dimin of pīṭha) small chair or bench Construction: pīṭha + ikā