1. pericarp MN.i.306; Vv.84#33; Vv-a.344; hingu˚ a s. yielding gum Vin.i.201. Also written sipātikā; thus ādiṇṇasipātikā with burst pod or fruit skin SN.iv.193.
2. a small case receptacle; khura˚ a razor case Vin.ii.134. On s. at Pv.iii.2#29 the C. has ekapaṭalā upānahā Pv-a.186.

cp. Sk. sṛpāṭikā, beak, BR.