Atthangika, Aṭṭhaṅgika, Attha-angika: 2 definitions

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Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

aṭṭhaṅgika : (adj.) having eight constituents.

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

Aṭṭhaṅgika refers to: having eight constituents, being made up of eight (intrinsic) parts, embracing eight items (see above B 2); of the uposatha (as in prec. aṭṭhaṅg’uposatha) Sn. 401; of the “Eightfold Noble Path” (ariyo a. maggo). (Also in BSk. as aṣṭāṅgika mārga, e.g. Lal. Vist. 540, cp. aṣṭāṅgamārgadeśika of the Buddha, Divy 124, 265); D. I, 156, 157, 165; M. I, 118; It. 18; Sn. 1130 (magga uttama); Dh. 191, 273; Th. 2, 158, 171; Kh IV. ; Vin. I, 10; Nd2 485; DA. I, 313; DhA. III, 402.

Note: aṭṭhaṅgika is a Pali compound consisting of the words aṭṭha and aṅgika.

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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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