Piṭṭhi & Piṭṭhī (f.) [=piṭṭha3, of which it has taken over the main function as noun. On relation piṭṭha> piṭṭhi cp. Trenckner, Notes 55; Franke, Bezzenberger's Beiträge xx.287. Cp. also the Prk. forms piṭṭha, piṭṭhī & piṣṭī, all representing Sk. prṣṭḥa: Pischel, Prk. Gram. §53] 1. the back Vin ii.200 (piṭṭhī); M i.354; Ji.207; ii.159, 279. piṭṭhiŋ (paccāmittassa) passati to see the (enemy's) back, i. e. to see the last of somebody J i.296, 488; iv.208. piṭṭhi as opposed to ura (breast) at Vin ii.105; Sn 609; as opposed to tala (palm) with ref. to hand & foot: hattha (or pada -- ) tala & ˚piṭṭhi: J iv.188; Vism 361. -- abl. piṭṭhito as adv. (from) behind, at the back of Sn 412 (+anubandhati to follow closely); VvA 256; PvA 78 (geha˚). piṭṭhito karoti to leave behind, to turn one's back on J i.71 (cp. pṛṣṭhato -- mukha Divy 333). piṭṭhito piṭṭhito right on one's heels, very closely Vin i.47; D i.1, 226. -- 2. top, upper side (in which meaning usually piṭṭha3), only in cpd. ˚pāsāṇa and loc. piṭṭhiyaŋ as adv. on top of J v.297 (ammaṇa˚) piṭṭhi at VvA 101 is evidently faulty reading.   -- ācariya teacher's understudy, pupil -- teacher, tutor J ii.100; v.458, 473, 501. -- kaṇṭaka spina dorsi, backbone M i.58, 80, 89; iii.92; Vism 271; VbhA 243; KhA 49 sq.; Sdhp 102. -- koṭṭhaka an upper room (bath room?) DhA ii.19, 20. -- gata following behind, foll. one's example Vism 47. -- paṇṇasālā a leaf -- hut at the back J vi.545. -- parikamma treating one's back (by rubbing) Vin ii.106. -- passe (loc.) at the back of, behind J i.292; PvA 55, 83, 106. -- pāda the back of the foot, lit. foot -- back, i. e. the heel Vism 251; KhA 51, (˚aṭṭhika); DA i.254. -- pāsāṇa a flat stone or rock, plateau, ridge J i.278; ii.352; vi.279; DhA ii.58; VbhA 5, 266. -- bāha the back of the arm, i. e. elbow (cp. ˚pāda) KhA 49, 50 (˚aṭṭhi): -- maŋsa the flesh of the back PvA 210; SnA 287. -- maŋsika backbiting, one who talks behind a person's back Sn 244 (=˚maŋsakhādaka C.); J ii.186 (of an unfair judge); v.1; Pv iii.97 (BB; T. ˚aka). As ˚maŋsiya at J v.10. -- maŋsikȧtābackbiting Nd2 39. -- roga back -- ache SnA 111. -- vaŋsa back bone, a certain beam in a building DhA i.52.