cloth; cloak, garment SN.ii.219 (˚pilotika); Thag.1092 (bhinna-paṭan-dhara “wearing the patchwork cloak” trsl.); Ja.iv.494; Kp-a.45, Kp-a.58 (˚tantu); DN-a.i.198; Dhp-a.ii.45 (puppha˚); Dhp-a.iii.295 ˚kañcuka, variant reading kaṭak˚) Vism.16 (bhinna-paṭa-dhara in defⁿ of bhikkhu); Vb-a.327 (id.); Dhs-a.81 (paṭa-paṭa sadda); Vv-a.73, Vv-a.201; Pv-a.185. Cp. paṭikā & paṭalikā; also kappaṭa.

cp. Epic Sk. paṭa, etym. unknown, prob. dialectical