Pāli Dictionary

aṭṭhaka1

Part of speech

noun · masculine

general

  • name of a town (in the Pāli commentarial literature)

  • MN 52

    evaṃ me sutaṃ, ekaṃ samayaṃ āyasmā ānando vesāliyaṃ viharati beluvagāmake. tena kho pana samayena dasamo gahapati aṭṭhakanāgaro pāṭaliputtaṃ anuppatto hoti kenaci'd'eva karaṇīyena.

  • name of one of the ancient Vedic seers (ṛṣis)

  • MN 95

    seyyath'idaṃ, aṭṭhako vāmako vāmadevo vessāmitto yamataggi aṅgīraso bhāradvājo vāseṭṭho kassapo bhagu, te'pi evam'āhaṃsu, mayam'etaṃ jānāma, mayam'etaṃ passāma. idam'eva saccaṃ, mogham'aññan'ti?

doctrine

  • name of a paccekabuddha (a privately/silently awakened buddha)

  • MN 116

    dve jālino munino aṭṭhako ca, atha kosallo buddho atho subāhu, upanemiso nemiso santacitto, sacco tatho virajo paṇḍito ca.

aṭṭhaka2

aṭṭhastemkasuffix

Part of speech

noun · neuter

general

  • an octad; a set or group of eight things

  • MN 107

    ekaṃ ekakaṃ, dve dukā, tīṇi tikā, cattāri catukkā, pañca pañcakā, cha chakkā, satta sattakā, aṭṭha aṭṭhakā, nava navakā, dasa dasakā'ti, satam'pi mayaṃ, bho gotama, gaṇāpema, bhiyyo'pi gaṇāpema.

  • AN 3.35

    sītā, bhante, hem'antikā ratti, antar'aṭṭhako himapātasamayo, kharā gokaṇṭakahatā bhūmi, tanuko paṇṇasantharo, viraḷāni rukkhassa pattāni, sītāni kāsāyāni vatthāni, sīto ca verambho vāto vāyati.

doctrine

  • a poem consisting of eight stanzas (esp. the Aṭṭhakavagga of the Sutta Nipāta)

  • Snp 4.4

    suddh'aṭṭhakasuttaṃ catutthaṃ niṭṭhitaṃ.

  • SN 22.3

    ekam'antaṃ nisinno kho hāliddikāni gahapati āyasmantaṃ mahākaccānaṃ etadavoca, vuttam'idaṃ, bhante, bhagavatā aṭṭhakavaggiye māgaṇḍiyapañhe

aṭṭhakā

approximate

aṭṭhastemkāsuffix

Part of speech

noun · feminine

general

  • the eighth day after the full moon in the two winter months; the festival held then

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

atthakā
  1. attha

    needing; wanting; seeking; desiring

  2. kā

    who?; what?; which?; which woman? (interrogative pronoun, feminine singular nominative of ‘ka’)

Encyclopedia

5 entries

Aṭṭhaka
Person

  • A celebrated ancient brahmin sage, one of the traditional seers credited with founding the Vedic teachings, said to have possessed the divine eye and incorporated Kassapa Buddha’s teachings into the scriptures of his time.

MN 95AN 7.52
Aṭṭhaka2
Person

  • A king named in a list of former kings who, despite great gifts and sacrifices, failed to transcend the domain of the senses.

Aṭṭhaka3
Person

  • A former king named in a list of righteous rulers who, through diligent service to ascetics and recluses, attained rebirth in Sakka’s heaven.

Aṭṭhaka4
Person

  • A subordinate king who, along with two other lords, consulted the Bodhisatta ascetic Sarabhaṅga about the fate of the destroyed king Daṇḍaka and was freed of doubt and sensuality by his teaching.

Aṭṭhaka5
Person

  • A Pacceka Buddha named in a nominal list.

MN 116

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