Atata, Ātata, Aṭaṭa, Ataṭa: 20 definitions

Introduction
In Buddhism
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Hindi
5. Kannada
See also

Introduction:

Atata means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. 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)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

One of the Avici hells appearing in a list of names of purgatories (S.i.150; Sn.126). Buddhaghosa (SA.i.170; SnA.476) says these are not names of separate hells, but only periods of time in Avici apportioned to each entrant by the working of Kamma.

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Theravāda 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).

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

1) Aṭaṭa (अटट) is the name of a hell according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXII).—Accordingly, “Twenty stays in the Nirarbuda hell equals one stay in the A lo lo (Aṭaṭa) hell. – Twenty stays in the Aṭaṭa hell equals one stay in the A p’o p’o (Hahava) hell”.

2) Aṭata (अटत) refers to one of the “eight hells of cold water” forming part of the sixteen utsadas (secondary hells) sitauted outside of the eight great hells, according to the “world of transmigration” section in the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XXVII).—Accordingly, “In the three hells, Aṭata, Hahava and Huhuva, the damned shiver in the biting cold wind, unable to open their mouths, and these hells are named after the groans which are heard there”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Aṭaṭa (अटट) refers to the “squealing hell” and represents one of the “eight cold hells” (śīta-naraka) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 122). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., aṭaṭa). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

aṭaṭa : (m.) 1. name of a minor hell; 2. a high numeral. || ātata (nt.), a drum with one face.

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

Aṭaṭa, (BSk. aṭaṭa (e.g. Divy 67), prob. to aṭ roam about. On this notion cp. description of roaming about in Niraya at Nd¹ 405 bottom) N. of a certain purgatory or Niraya A. V, 173 = Sn. p. 126. (Page 14)

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Ātata, (fr. ā + tan, pp. tata; lit. stretched, covered over) generic name for drums covered with leather on one side Dpvs XIV. 14; VvA. 37 (q. v. for enum^n. of musical instruments), 96. (Page 97)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

atata (अतत).—An interjection of sudden admiration. Ex. a0 kēvaḍhāhō nadīsa pūra ālā.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

atata (अतत).—An interjection of sudden admiration.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ataṭa (अतट).—a. [na. ba.]

1) Having no shore or beach; precipitate, steep

-ṭaḥ 1 A precipice, a steep crag.

2) Name of a hill.

3) The lower part of the earth.

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Atata (अतत).—p. p.

1) Spread, extended.

2) Stretched (as a bow-string); मौर्वी धनुषि चातता (maurvī dhanuṣi cātatā) R.1.19; °ज्य (jya) stretched out on the bow; आततज्यमकरोत् स संसदा (ātatajyamakarot sa saṃsadā) 11.45,16.77.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Aṭaṭa (अटट).—m. (= Pali id.), name of a hell (cold, according to Dharmasaṃgraha and Tibetan Mahāvyutpatti): Mahāvyutpatti 4931; Dharmasaṃgraha 122; Divyāvadāna 67.23; 138.7; Avadāna-śataka i.4.9 etc.; (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 635.22.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ataṭa (अतट).—m.

(-ṭaḥ) A precipice. E. a neg. and taṭa a back.

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Ātata (आतत).—mfn.

(-taḥ-tā-taṃ) Spread, extended. E. āṅ before tana to spread, kta aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ataṭa (अतट).—adj. steep, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 137.

Ataṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms a and taṭa (तट).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ataṭa (अतट).—[masculine] precipice (lit. having no slope).

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Ātata (आतत).—[adjective] stretched out, spread, strung (bow), turned to, hung on ([locative]); wide, long.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Aṭāṭā (अटाटा):—[from aṭ] f. (habit of) roaming or wandering about, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Aṭaṭa (अटट):—a [particular] hell, [Divyāvadāna; Dharmasaṃgraha]

3) Aṭata (अटत):—(for a-taṭa?) a [particular] hell, [Divyāvadāna; Dharmasaṃgraha]

4) Ataṭa (अतट):—[=a-taṭa] mfn. having no beach or shore, precipitous, [Śākaṭāyana]

5) [v.s. ...] m. a precipice

6) [v.s. ...] the third hell

7) [v.s. ...] cf. atala.

8) Ātata (आतत):—[=ā-tata] [from ā-tan] mfn. spread, extended, stretched or drawn (as a bow or bow string), [Ṛg-veda]

9) [v.s. ...] long (as a way), [Chāndogya-upaniṣad]

10) [v.s. ...] fixed on, clinging to ([locative case]), [Ṛg-veda i, 22, 20; 105, 9; Praśna-upaniṣad] (cf. an-āt.)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Aṭāṭā (अटाटा):—f.

(-ṭā) Roaming about as a devotee or religious mendicant. See also aṭāṭyā. E. aṭāṭ (intens. of aṭ), kṛt aff. śa.

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Ataṭa (अतट):—[bahuvrihi compound] I. m. f. n.

(-ṭaḥ-ṭā-ṭam) Having no shores or banks, steep. Ii. m.

(-ṭaḥ) A precipice. E. a priv. and taṭa.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ataṭa (अतट):—[a-taṭa] (ṭaḥ) 1. m. A precipice.

2) Ātata (आतत):—[ā-tata] (taḥ-tā-taṃ) a. Spread.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Aṭaṭa (अटट) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Aḍaḍa, Ataḍa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Atata in German

context information

Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ātata (आतत):—(a) tense; ~[tā] tenseness.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Aṭaṭa (ಅಟಟ):—[noun] (Jain.) a unit of measure of the length of a period.

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Ataṭa (ಅತಟ):—

1) [adjective] not having a bank or shore; not bound by any physical limits.

2) [adjective] rising or descending with great inclination; steep; precipitous.

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Ataṭa (ಅತಟ):—[noun] a high vertical or nearly vertical cliff; a precipice.

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Ātata (ಆತತ):—

1) [adjective] opened or stretched out as to cover more space; unfolded; unfurled; spread.

2) [adjective] joined with; associated with.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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