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of moral philosophy J ii.105; DhA ii.71. -pada a profitable according to the sense, by reason of, on account of PvA 189
saying, a word of good sense, text, motto A ii.189; iii.356; Dh (—°).
100. -paṭisambhidā knowledge of the meaning (of words) Atthara [fr. attharati] a rug (for horses, elephants etc.) D i.7.
d.
0
comb with dhamma° of the text or spirit (see above n . 3) Ps
Attharaka [= atthara] a covering J i.9; DA i.87. — f. °ikā a layer
i.132; ii.150; Vbh 293 sq. -paṭisaṁvedin experiencing good
J i.9; v.280.
D iii.241 (+ dhamma°); A i.151; iii.21. -baddha expecting
some good from (c. loc.) Sn 382. -bhañjanaka breaking the Attharaṇa (nt.) [fr. attharati] a covering, carpet, cover, rug Vin
welfare of, hurting DhA iii.356 (paresaṁ of others, by means ii.291; A ii.56; iii.53; Mhvs 3, 20; 15, 40; 25, 102; ThA 22.
of telling lies, musāvādena). -majjha of beautiful waist J
Attharati [ā + stṛ] to spread, to cover, to spread out; stretch, lay
v.170 (= sumajjhā C.; reading must be faulty, there is hardly
out Vin i.254; v.172; J i.199; v.113; vi.428; Dh i.272. — pp.
any connection with attha; v. l. atta). -rasa sweetness (or atthata (q. v.). — Caus. attharāpeti to caused to be spread J
substance, essence) of meaning (+ dhamma°, vimutti°) Nd 2 v.110; Mhvs 3, 20; 29, 7; 34, 69.
466; Ps ii.88, 89. -vasa "dependence on the sense", reason-
Atthavant (adj.) [cp. Sk. arthavant] full of benefit S i.30; Th 1,
ableness, reason, consequence, cause D ii.285; M i.464; ii.120;
740; Miln 172.
iii.150; S ii.202; iii.93; iv.303; v.224; A i.61, 77, 98; ii.240;
iii.72, 169, 237; Dh 289 (= kāraṇa DhA iii.435); It 89; Sn 297; Atthāra [cp. Sk. āstāra, fr. attharati] spreading out Vin v.172 (see
Ud 14. -vasika sensible It 89; Miln 406. -vasin bent on kaṭhina). atthāraka same ibid.; Vin ii.87 (covering).
(one's) aim or purpose Th 1, 539. -vādin one who speaks st
Atthi [Sk. asti, 1 sg. asmi; Gr. εἰμί ἐστί; Lat. sum — est; Goth.
good, i. e. whose words are doing good or who speaks only im — ist; Ags. eom — is E. am — is] to be, to exist. — Pres.
n.
useful speech, always in comb with kāla° bhūta° dhamma° Ind. 1 sg. asmi Sn 1120, 1143; J i.151; iii.55, and amhi M
st
D i.4; iii.175; A i.204; ii.22, 209; Pug 58; DA i.76 (expl d. 2 2 nd
i.429; Sn 694; J ii.153; Pv i.10 ; ii.8 . — 2 sg. asi Sn 420;
as "one who speaks for the sake of reaping blessings here ɔ 4 rd
J ii.160 ( si); iii.278; Vv 32 ; PvA 4. — 3 sg. atthi Sn 377,
and hereafter"). -saṁvaṇṇanā explanation, exegesis PvA 1. rd
672, 884; J i.278. Often used for 3 pl. (= santi), e. g. J i.280;
-saṁhita connected with good, bringing good, profitable, use- st
ii.2; iii.55. — 1 pl. asma [Sk. smaḥ] Sn 594, 595; asmase
ful, salutary D i.189; S ii.223; iv.330; v.417; A iii.196 sq., 244; nd
Sn 595, and amha Sn 570; J ii.128. 2 pl. attha J ii.128; PvA
Sn 722 (= hitena saṁhitaṁ SnA 500); Pug 58. -sandassana ɔ rd
39, 74 (āgat attha you have come). — 3 pl. santi Sn 1077;
determination of meaning, definition Ps i.105. -siddhi profit, 2
Nd 637 (= saṁvijjanti atthi upalabbhanti); J ii.353; PvA 7,
advantage, benefit J i.402; PvA 63. st
22 — Imper. atthu Sn 340; J i.59; iii.26. — Pot. 1 sg. siyā
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2
Attha (nt.) [Vedic asta, of uncertain etym.] home, primarily as [Sk. syām] Pv ii.8 , and assaṁ [Cond. used as Pot.] Sn 1120;
5
place of rest & shelter, but in P. phraseology abstracted from Pv i.12 (= bhaveyyaṁ PvA 64). — 2 nd sg. siyā [Sk. syāḥ]
7
rd
the "going home", i. e. setting of the sun, as disappearance, Pv ii.8 . — 3 sg. siyā [Sk. syāt] D ii.154; Sn 325, 1092;
2
going out of existence, annihilation, extinction. Only in acc. Nd 105 (= jāneyya, nibbatteyya); J i.262; PvA 13, and assa
and as ° — in foll phrases: atthangacchati to disappear, to D i.135, 196; ii.154; A v.194; Sn 49, 143; Dh 124, 260; Pv
st
24
24
rd
go out of existence, to vanish Dh 226 (= vināsaṁ natthibhā- ii.3 ; 9 . — 1 pl. assu PvA 27. — 3 pl. assu [cp. Sk.
vaṁ gacchati DhA iii.324), 384 (= parikkhayaṁ gacchati); pp. syuḥ] Sn 532; Dh 74; Pv iv.1 36 (= bhaveyyuṁ PvA 231). —
st
1
atthangata gone home, gone to rest, gone, disappeared; of Aor. 1 sg. āsiṁ [Sk. āsaṁ] Sn 284; Pv i.2 (= ahosiṁ PvA
rd
4
the sun (= set): J i.175 (atthangate suriye at sunset); PvA 55 10); ii.3 (= ahosiṁ PvA 83). — 3 sg. āsi [Sk. āsīt] Sn 994.
21
3
rd
(id.) 216 (anatthangate s. before sunset) fig. Sn 472 (attha- — 3 āsuṁ [cp. Sk. Perf. āsuḥ] Pv ii.3 , 13 (ti pi pāṭho for
gata). 475 (id.); 1075 (= niruddha ucchinṇa vinaṭṭha anupādi su). — Ppr. *sat only in loc. sati (as loc. abs.) Dh 146; J
2
— sesāya nibbāna — dhātuyā nibbuta); It 58; Dhs 1038; Vbh i.150, 263, santa Sn 105; Nd 635; J i.150 (loc. evaṁ sante in
195. -atthagatatta (nt. abstr.) disappearance SnA 409. - this case); iii.26, and samāna (q. v.) J i.266; iv.138.
atthangama (atthagama passim) annihilation, disappearance; -bhāva state of being, existence, being J i.222, 290; ii.415;
opposed to samudaya (coming into existence) and synony- DhA ii.5; iv.217 (atthibhāva vā natthibhāva vā whether there
mous with nirodha (destruction) D i.34, 37, 183; S iv.327; is or not).
A iii.326; Ps ii.4, 6, 39; Pug 52; Dhs 165, 265, 501, 579; 1
Atthika (adj.) [cp. Sk. arthika] 1. (to attha ) profitable, good,
Vbh 105. -atthagamana (nt.) setting (of the sun) J i.101
proper. In this meaning the MSS show a variance of spelling
(suriyass' atthagamanā at sunset) DA i.95 (= ogamana). — either atthika or aṭṭhika or aṭṭhita; in all cases atthika should
ɔ
attha-gāmin, in phrase uday atthagāmin leading to birth and
be preferred D i.55 (°vāda); M ii.212 (aṭṭhita); A iii.219 sq.
death (of paññā): see udaya. -atthaṁ paleti = atthangac- (idaṁ atthikaṁ this is suitable, of good avail; T aṭṭhitaṁ, vv.
2
chati (fig.) Sn 1074 (= atthangameti nirujjhati Nd 28). — 2
ll. as above); Sn 1058 (aṭṭhita; Nd 20 also aṭṭhita, which at
Also atthamita (pp. of i) set (of the sun) in phrase anatthamite
this pass. shows a confusion between aṭṭha and a — ṭhita); J
suriye before sunset (with anatthangamite as v. l. at both pass.)
v.151 (in def. of aṭṭhikatvā q. v.); Pug 69, 70 (T aṭṭhika, aṭṭhita
DhA i.86; iii.127. — Cp. also abbhattha. SS; expl by Pug A v.4 by kalyāṇāya). — 2. (to attha 2) de-
d.
1
nd
3
Attha pres. 2 pl. of atthi (q. v.). sirous of (—°), wanting, seeking for, in need of (c. instr.) A
ii.199 (uday° desirous of increase); Sn 333, 460, 487 (puññ°),
Atthata [pp. of attharati] spread, covered, spread over with (—°)
987 (dhan° greedy for wealth); J i.263 (rajj° coveting a king-
Vin i.265; iv.287; v.172 (also °an); A iii.50; PvA 141.
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dom); v.19; Pv ii.2 (bhojan° in need of food); iv.1 (kāraṇ°),
1
Atthatta (nt.) [abstr. fr. attha ] reason, cause; only in abl. atthattā 21 63
1 (khiḍḍ° for play), 1 (puññ°); PvA 95 (sasena a. wanting a
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