The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Tika
Tika (adj. -- n.) [Vedic trika] consisting of 3, a triad S ii. 218 (t. -- bhojana); DhA iv.89 ( -- nip!ta, the book
of the triads, a division of the J!taka), 108 (t. -- catukka -- jh!na the 3 & the 4 jh!nas); Miln 12 (tika -- duka
-- pa&ima*.it! dhammasangan"); Vism 13 sq.; DhsA 39 ( -- duka triad & pair).
Tikicchaka
Tikicchaka [fr. tikicchati] a physician, a doctor A v.219; J i.4 (adj. & vejja); iv.361; PvA 233.
Tikicchati
Tikicchati [also cikicchati=Sk. cikitsati. Desid. of cit, to aim at, think upon, in pregnant sense of
endeavouring to heal] to treat medically, to cure Vin i.276; S i.222; Miln 172, 272, 302. Caus. tikicch!peti J
i.4.
Tikicch!
Tikicch! (f.) [from last] the art of healing, practice of medicine D i.10 (d!raka˚ infant healing); Sn 927 (˚'
m!mako na seveyya). -- See also tekiccha.
Tikka'
Tikka' at J v.291 in "y!va majjhantik! tikkam !gami yeva" is to be read as "y!va majjhantik' âtikkamm'
âgami yeva."
Tikkha
Tikkha (adj.) [=tikhi*a] sharp, clever, acute, quick (only fig. of the mind), in tikkh -- indriya (opp. mud --
indriya) Nd2 2353p=Ps i.121=ii.195; & tikkha -- paññat! A i.45.
Tikkhattu'
Tikkhattu' (adv.) [Sk. trik%tva1] three times (cp. tayo II. C 2), esp. in phrase vanditv! t. padakkhi*a' katv!
"having performed the reverent parting salutation 3 times" VvA 173, 219; t. s!vesi he announced it 3 times
J ii.352; DhA ii.4; t. pagga*h!pesi offered 3 times PvA 74. See also J iv.267; v.382; vi.71; DhA ii.5, 42, 65,
338; iv.122 & passim.
Tikhi*a
Tikhi*a (adj.) [Vedic t"k+*a of which t. is the diaeretic form, whereas the contracted forms are ti*ha (q. v.)
& tikkha. Cp. also Sk. tikta pp. of tij, tejate. From *steg in Gr. sti/zw "stitch" & stikto/s, Lat. inst"go, Ohg.
stehhan, Ger. stecken, E. stick] pointed, sharp, pungent, acrid; fig. "sharp," clever, cunning, acute (in this
meaning only in contr. form tikkha) J v.264; DhA ii.9; iv.13; PvA 152, 221 (=tippa). (ati -- ) tikhinat! Miln
278. See also tippa & tibba & cp. tejo.
Ti&&ha
Ti&&ha (adj.) [pp. of tasati1] dry, hard, rough J vi.212 (˚sela hard rock).
Ti&&hati