bhattika

adjective (-˚) in dhuva˚; being in constant supply of food, being a regular attendant (servant) or adviser Vin.ii.15. Also at Thag-a.267 in meaning “being a servant, working for food” in expln of bhattikatā (= kata-sāmi-bhattikā), said of a toiling housewife.

fr. bhatta