ghaṭikā

Ghaṭikā1

feminine a small bowl, used for begging alms Thig.422 (= Thag-a.269: bhikkhā-kapāla).

to ghaṭa1

Ghaṭikā2

feminine

  1. a small stick, a piece of a branch a twig Ja.i.331; Ja.iv.87 (khadira˚); Ja.vi.331; Thig.499 (= khaṇḍa Thag-a.290). upadhānaghaṭikā Ja.iii.179 (belonging to the outfit of an executioner); pāsa Ja.ii.253 is a sort of magic stick or die (= pāsaka)
  2. a game of sticks (“tip-cat” sticks Mil trsl. ii.32) DN.i.6≈(DN-a.i.85: ghaṭikā ti vuccati dīgha-daṇḍakena rassa daṇḍaka-paharaṇa kīḷā, tip-cat); Vin.ii.10 Vin.iii.181; MN.i.266; AN.v.203; Mil.229.
  3. a stack of twigs SN.ii.178, SN.ii.4; (a stick used as) a bolt Vin.ii.120 Vin.ii.208; Vin.iii.119; usually as sūci˚ a needle-shaped stick Vin.ii.237 (cp. Vin. Texts iii.106); SN.iv.290; Ud.52; Ja.i.346. Cp. gaṇḍikādhāna.

to ghaṭa2, orig. meaning “knot,” cp. gantha & gaṇṭhi, also; gaṇḍa