substantif (neutre) : siège, chaise, tabouret, banc
pīṭha(nt.) [cp.Fpic Sk.pīṭha] a seat, chair, stool, bench.– 4.kinds are given at Vin.IV,40=168, viz.masāraka, bundikābaddha, kuḷirapādaka, āhaccapādaka (same categories as given under mañca).– Vin.I,47,180; II,114,149,225; A.III,51 (mañca°,Dvandva); IV,133 (ayo°); Ps.I,176; Vv 11 (see discussed in detail at VvA.8); VvA.295 (mañca°).– pāda° footstool J.IV,378; VvA.291; bhadda° state-chair,throne J.III,410. –sappin “one who crawls by means of a chair or bench,” i.e.one who walks on a sort of crutch or support,a cripple (pīṭha here in sense of “hatthena gahana-yogga” VvA.8; exlpd by Bdhgh as “chinn’iriyāpatha” Vin.Texts I.225) J.I,76,418; V,426 (khujja+) VI,4,10; Miln.205,245,276; Vism.596 (& jaccandha,in simile); DhA.I,194; II,69; PugA 227; PvA.282
pīṭha n. siège allongé, opp. āsana; trône, piédestal, socle | district; centre religieux | arch. piédestal; siège de la divinité; socle d'une image | socle-support du liṅga dans un sanctuaire; syn. yoni | autel pour offrandes | arch. diagramme en grille de côté 3, avec 9 cases | math. sym. le nombre 9.