Tatatatayati, Taṭataṭāyati: 1 definition

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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Taṭataṭāyati, (Onomatopoetic, to make a sound like taṭtaṭ. Root *kḷ (on ṭ for ḷ cp. taṭa for tala) to grind one’s teeth, to be in a frenzy. Cp. ciṭiciṭāyāti. See note on gala and kiṇakiṇāyati) to rattle, shake, clatter; to grind or gnash one’s teeth; to fizz. Usually said of people in frenzy or fury (in ppr. °yanto or °yamāna): J. I, 347 (rosena) 439 (kodhena); II, 277 (of a bhikkhu kodhana “boiling with rage” like a “uddhane pakkhitta-loṇaṃ viya”); the latter trope also at DhA. IV, 176; DhA. I, 370 (aggimhi pakkhitta-loṇasakkharā viya rosena t.); III, 328 (vātâhata-tālapaṇṇaṃ viya); VvA. 47, 121 (of a kodhâbhibhūto; v. l. kaṭakaṭāyamāna), 206 (+akkosati paribhāsati), 256. Cp. also kaṭakaṭāyati & karakarā. (Page 293)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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