sUcikA · feminine · sūcikā 1
sūcikā (= sūcī , and cf. sūcaka 1), lit. needle, = transverse bar of a railing or balustrade: Mvy 5590 = Tib. śar bu, śar ba ; sauvarṇasya pādakasya ( q.v. , 2) rūpyamayī °kā ālambanam adhiṣṭhānakaṃ cābhūṣi Mv i.194.20 , similarly 195.1, 4 ; iii.227.7 ff. ; Senartʼs note i.529 seems not quite right; each upright pillar (pāda, pādaka ) in the railing had a crossbar ( sūcikā ) of a particular material as its ‘support and prop’ ( ālambana 3, adhiṣṭhāna 4, °naka ).
a bolt; a table of contents
Sūcikā (feminine) [from sūci] 1. a needle; (figurative) hunger Pv II 8 3 ; Pv-a 107. 2. a small bolt to a door Vin II 120, 148. sūcikaṭṭha whose bones are like needles (?) Pv III 2 3 ; Pv-a 180 (sūcigātā ti vā pāṭho. Vijjhanatthena sūcikā ti laddhanāmāya khuppipāsāya ajjhāpīḷitā. Sūcikaṇṭhā ti keci paṭhanti. Sūcichiddasadisā mukhadvārā ti attho).
(fem, fem) bolt
(fem, fem) table of contents
(fem, fem, from sūci) needle; (comm) hunger needle Construction: sūci + kā