Alternative spellings of this word include Katachchhu.

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Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kaṭacchu : (m.) a spoon.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kaṭacchu, (cp. on etym. Morris in J. P. T. S. 1887, 163) a ladle, a spoon; explained by uḷuṅka DhA. IV, 75, 123; by dabbi PvA. 135. Used for butter VvA. 68, otherwise for cooked food in general, esp. rice gruel.—Vin. II, 216; J. I, 454; III, 277.

—gāha “holding on to one’s spoon, ” i.e. disinclination to give food, niggardliness, stinginess DhsA. 376, cp. Dhs. trsl. 300 n².—gāhika “spoon in hand, ” serving with ladles (in the distribution of food at the Mahādāna) PvA. 135.—parissāvana a perforated ladle Vin. II, 118.—bhikkhā “ladle-begging, ” i.e. the food given with a ladle to a bhikkhu when he calls at a house on his begging tour Th. 1, 934; Miln. 9; DhA. IV, 123; as representing a small gift to one individual, opposed to the Mahādanā Pv. II, 9⁵⁷; as an individual meal contrasted with public feeding (salāka-bhatta) DhA. I, 379.—matta (bhatta) “only a spoonful of rice” Miln. 8; DhA. IV, 75. (Page 176)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Kaṭacchu (कटच्छु).—m. or f., °chuka (once nt.) and °chukā (?), also °cha and °chaka (app. = Pali kaṭacchu, spoon, ladle; compare Deśīnāmamālā 2.7 kaḍacchū, commentary ayodarvī), in most occurrences could be either spoon or bowl; it seems that Tibetan and Chin. sources support meaning bowl, vessel; so Mahāvyutpatti 9013 kaṭacchuḥ, Tibetan nal ze, which I do not find in Dictt., but nal may be connected with na li, bowl, basin (of iron or china, Jäschke (Tibetan-English Dictionary)), while Chin. gives (1) pillow (often made of porcelain), or (2) bowl, basin; on Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 86.3 and (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 65.2 Tibetan is cited as snod, vessel ((Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa ap. Lalou, Icono- graphic, p. 84, line 11, who nevertheless translates cuiller, pp. 37, 44); in favor of meaning spoon may be cited (besides the Pali and Deśī words) Megh 310.10 sapta-dhūpa- kaṭacchukām utkṣiped ākāśe (hardly bowlful! if text is right acc. sg. f., but perhaps this represents °kān, acc. pl. m.); most commonly in cpds. preceded by dhūpa-, incense-spoon (? -bowl), generally as held in the hand by a painted image, dhūpa-kaṭacchuka-vyagra-hasta (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 65.2; 69.12, etc.; 322.25 (here °kaṭacchaka°); eka-dhūpa- kaṭacchu-hasta-parigṛhītān Suvarṇabhāsottamasūtra 86.3; dhūpa-kaṭacchukam ādāya Divyāvadāna 398.28—29; (dakṣiṇahaste) dhūpa-kaṭacchu- kaṃ (n. sg. nt.!) kartavyaṃ Kāraṇḍavvūha 74.20; dhūpa-°ke dhūpaś copasthāpayitavyaḥ Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iii.97.16; in Divyāvadāna 165.18 according to Index vessel, but this seems less than certain, (Pūra- ṇaṃ, q.v., dharmaśāṭapraticchannaṃ) kaṭaccha-vrata- bhojanam (might mean eating according to a vow of spoon- fuls, i.e. of limiting his food to a definite number of them, rather than eating by a vow of the begging-bowl). In Divyāvadāna 475.21 kāṇḍa-kaṭacchu-pūra-kūrca-bhaiṣajya-sthavikāś is obscure to me at more than one point; the [compound] evidently lists articles pertaining to children, and either spoon or bowl is conceivable.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Kaṭacchu (कटच्छु):—[=kaṭa-cchu] [from kaṭa > kaṭ] f. (?) a spoon, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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Katacchu in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Kata.

Starts with: Katacchubhikkhadayika Theri, Katacchuka, Katacchumatta.

Full-text: Dhupakatacchuka, Gahaka, Camasa, Dabbi, Bhikkha, Pura.

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