patika
adjective having a husband in mata˚ “with husband dead,” a widow Thig.221 (= vidhuva Thag-a.179); Ja.v.103 (ap˚ without husband, variant reading for appatīta, C. explains by assāmika) pavuttha˚ (a woman) whose husband lives abroad Vin.ii.268; Vin.iii.83; Mil.205 (pavuttha˚). See also pañcapatika & sapatika.
only f. patikā and only as-˚
Patika
at Vism.28 is to be read pātika (vessel, bowl, dish).