Atriccha, Atricchā: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

atriccha : (adj.) very greedy. || atricchā (f.) excessive greed.

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

Atricchā, (f.) (Sk. *atṛptyā, a + tṛpt + yā, influenced by Desid. titṛpsati, so that atricchā phonetically rather corresponds to a form *a. -tṛpsyā (cch = psy, cp. P. chāta Sk. psāta). For the simple Sk. tṛpti see titti (from tappati2). According to Kern, but phonetically hardly justifiable it is Sk. atīccha = ati + icchā “too much desire”, with r in dissolution of geminated tt, like atraja for attaja. See also atriccha adj. and cp. J. P. T. S. 1884, 69) great desire, greed, excessive longing, insatiability J. IV, 5, 327. (Page 25)

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Atriccha, (adj.) (the popular etym. suggested at JA. IV, 4 is atra atra icchamāna desiring here & there; but see atricchā) very covetous, greedy, wanting too much J. I, 414 = IV. 4; III, 206. (Page 25)

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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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