Alternative spellings of this word include Pattrachhedaka.

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

Pattrachedaka (पत्त्रछेदक).—(so Index and Mironov, text °ika), m., Mahāvyutpatti 3792, according to Tibetan glegs (board, especially panel of a door, Mahāvyutpatti 5567) ḥbra (?this word I have not found) mkhan (one who is concerned with); so, perhaps, board or door-panel cutter; but AMg. patta-chejja is said to mean art of shooting leaves (with an arrow), and compare patta-chejjaka, activity of one who shoots down leaves from a tree(!). Cf. Jacobi, Ausgew. Erz. 19.37 (here piercing leaves with pebbles). In any case, designation of some trade or occu- pation. Chin. is obscure; Japanese paper-maker (note pattra also of leaves used for writing!).

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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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