SV: what does sutta denote?

Lance,

It is remarkable that the term maatikaa only occurs in a compound at the end
of a list of words describing bhikkhus as accomplished scholars. I wonder
why. I originally thought that the fact that it is found right after
vinayadhara would indicate that they belong together. Besides, the use of
maatikaa and its compounds in the commentaries refer almost all of them to
the paatimokkha. But there are other interesting occurrences that would
indicate that maatikaa has a wider scope than one would assume. For instance
As p.4 quotes the first paragraph of Kathaavatthu as maatikaa. The term
evidently is in need of a thorough lexicographical investigation like
maatikaa.thapana/t.hapitamaatika, for instance.

Ole