Kaṭṭhaka¹

masculine neuter a kind of reed Dhp.164; Dhp-a.iii.156 (= velu-sankhāta-kaṭṭha).

to…

…a chip) Thig.468 (id.) as kaṭṭhakalingarāni Dhp-a.ii.142. 2. a plank, viz. a step in a staircase, in sopāna˚ Vin.ii.128, cp….

…see kaṭṭhaka². Only in compounds; perhaps also in pakaṭṭhaka.

• -aṅga…

…an elephant’s trunk);

• -kaṭṭhakaraṇa ploughing SN.v.146 = Ja.ii.59
• -phāla [mod. Ind. phār] ploughshare (to be…

see pakaṭṭhaka.

adjective troublesome, annoying; (m.) a troubler worrier SN.i.174 (variant reading pagaṇḍaka; C. rasagiddha; trsl “pertinacious”).

pa + kaṭṭha + ka; kaṭṭha pp. of kṛṣ, cp. Sk. prakarṣaka of same …