On the technical term "prat īka"

[mkapstei at UCHICAGO.EDU]

On the questions raised in connection with
commentarial forms, it is now useful to consult
Tubb and Boose's excellent _Scholastic Sanskrit:
A Manual for Students_, esp. ch. 10.

Pratiika is defined on p. 152 (the index mistakenly
gives 150) as just "the first word or two, of
the passage in question." 

This seems to correspond with traditional usage.

Matthew T. Kapstein
Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
The University of Chicago Divinity School

Directeur d'études
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris