Atthama, A峁弓hama, Attha-ma: 7 definitions
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Atthama means something in Buddhism, Pali, Jainism, Prakrit. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesPacceka Buddha, one of the names given in a list of such. M.iii.70; ApA.i.106.
Therav膩da is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
In Jainism
Jain philosophy
: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra SuriAtthama (啶呧い啷嵿ぅ啶�) (Prakrit; in Sanskrit: A峁ａ弓ama) refers to a kind of external penance, as occurring in the 础苍别办腻苍迟补箩补测补辫补迟腻办腻-辫谤补办补谤补峁嘺, a 艢vet膩mbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra S奴ri.鈥擺Cf. Vol. I, P. 28, l. 32]鈥斸耿a峁ａ弓ha (Prakrit: Cha峁弓ha) and A峁ａ弓ama (Prakrit: Atthama) are each a kind of external penance鈥攎ortification of flesh Every day one takes two meals So one who gives up one meal on the first day, two on the second and one on the third and thus gives up meals up, to the fourth, is said to be practising 鈥�caturtha鈥�. Similarly one who gives up two meals on each of the two days and one meal on a previous day and one at the end, and, thus gives up meals up to the sixth, is said to be practising 鈥�峁峁ａ弓丑补鈥�. One who practises 鈥�补峁ａ弓补尘补鈥� gives up meals up to the eighth.
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Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarya峁弓hama : (adj.) the eighth.
: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryA峁弓hama, (num. ord.) (Sk. 补峁ａ弓补尘补, see a峁弓ha1) the eighth Sn. 107, 230 (cp. KhA 187), 437.鈥攆. 掳墨 the eighth day of the lunar half month (cp. a峁弓hak膩) A. I, 144; Sn. 402; Vv 166 (in all three pass. as pakkhassa c膩tuddas墨 pa帽cadas墨 ca a峁弓ham墨); A. I, 142; Sn. 570 (ito atthami, scil. divase, Loc.). (Page 16)
[Pali to Burmese]
: Sutta: Tipi峁璦ka P膩岣穒-Myanmar Dictionary (醼愥��曖��嬦��-醼曖��犪��欋�坚�斸�横�欋�� 醼♂�樶��撫��斸��)补峁弓丑补尘补鈥�
(Burmese text): 醼�-醼佱��愥���丰亸 醼曖�坚�娽�丰�横��醼坚�贬��勧�横�羔亰 醽�-醼佱��欋�坚�贬���醼横亱 醼♂�嬦�贯�屷�欋��-醼溼�娽�横�羔��醼坚�娽�丰�横亱
(Auto-Translation): The completion of the eighth, look at the eighth as well.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Prakrit-English dictionary
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Atthama (啶呧い啷嵿ぅ啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Astami.
2) Atth膩ma (啶呧い啷嵿ぅ啶距ぎ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 础蝉迟丑腻尘补苍.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
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Partial matches: Asita.
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