go-piṭaka (5878)

go-piṭaka
Entry 5878, Page 217, Col. 1

(gopiwaka, go-piwaka)
go-piṭaka¦, nt., lit. cow-basket; perh. orig. a receptacle for fodder for cattle; but in Mv always used for human (hard or dry) food or cakes (khajja, khajjaka), while soft food (odana, once bhakta, q.v.) is in the same passages placed in the alinda or °dā, q.v.: Mv ii.461.21; 462.2, 7, 9, 11; iii.15.9, 12; mentioned merely in reference to its size, °ka-mātram, Divy 70.28.

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