Chatta: 8 definitions
Introduction:
Chatta means something in Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. 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.
Alternative spellings of this word include Chhatta.
Ambiguity: Although Chatta has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Catta. It further has the optional forms Chaṭṭa.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Chatta - A youth, son of the brahmin of the Nanacchanda Jataka. He received from the king a chariot drawn by lilywhite thoroughbreds. J.ii.428f.
2. Chatta - Son of the king of Kosala. His story is given in the Braha chatta Jataka (q.v.).
3. Chatta - A brahmin youth of Setavya. He studied under Pokkharasati at Ukkattha and, having finished his course; returned home for money wherewith to pay his teacher. On the way back to Setavya he was met by the Buddha, who taught him three stanzas, on the virtues of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, and made him take the five precepts. As he proceeded along his road, Chatta was attacked by robbers and killed. He was reborn in Tavatimsa, and when all his relations, his teacher and others were assembled for his funeral ceremony, he came into their midst, conveyed by his thirty league vimana, and made obeisance to the Buddha who was present, and declared to him his great indebtedness for his compassion. The Buddha preached to the assembled multitude, and Chatta and his parents became Sotapannas. Vv.v.3; VvA.229ff; the story is often quoted - e.g., Sp.i.172; MA.i.256; and the stanzas taught by the Buddha, as mentioned above, have become famous - e.g., DA.i.230; MA.i.107; AA.i.303.
4. Chatta - A Tamil general of Elara in charge of the fort at Mahiyangana. He was killed by Dutthagamani. Mhv.xxv.7.
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).
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Chatta in India is the name of a plant defined with Echinochloa colona in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Panicum incertum Bosc ex Steud. (among others).
2) Chatta is also identified with Panicum colonum It has the synonym Echinochloa colona (L.) Link.
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Anales de la Universidad de Chile (1896)
· Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta
· Cytologia (1954)
· Phytologia (1981)
· Reliquiae Haenkeanae (1830)
· Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (1815)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Chatta, for example health benefits, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, side effects, extract dosage, chemical composition, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarychatta : (nt.) umbrella; sunshade; the royal canopy.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary1) Chatta, 2 (cp. Sk. chātra, one who carries his master’s sunshade) a pupil, a student J.II, 428. (Page 274)
2) Chatta, 1 (nt.) (late Vedic chattra=*chad-tra, covering to chad, see chādati) a sunshade (“parasol” would be misleading. The handle of a chatta is affixed at the circumference, not at the centre as it is in a parasol), a canopy Vin.I, 152; II, 114; D.I, 7≈; II, 15 (seta°, under which Gotama is seated); J.I, 267 (seta°); IV, 16; V, 383; VI, 370; Sn.688, 689; Miln.355; DhA.I, 380 sq.; DA.I, 89; PvA.47.—Esp. as seta° the royal canopy, one of the 5 insignia regis (setachatta-pamukhaṃ pañcavidhaṃ rāja-kakudhabhaṇḍaṃ PvA.74), see kakudhabhaṇḍa. J.VI, 4, 223, 389; °ṃ ussāpeti to unfold the r. canopy PvA.75; DhA.I, 161, 167. See also paṇṇa°.
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 Dictionarychaṭṭā (छट्टा).—m ( H) A line of space or distance; an extent, reach, range. Ex. tō gāṃva ēthūna dāhā kōsāñcē chaṭṭyāvara āhē. bāṇācā chaṭṭā; gōḷīcā chaṭṭā Arrow-shot; gun-shot.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishchaṭṭā (छट्टा).—m A line of space or distance; an extent, range.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryChattā (छत्ता) [Also spelled chhatta]:—(nm) a beehive; archway, corridor; ~[dhānī] beehive.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary1) Chatta (छत्त) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Chatra.
2) Chatta (छत्त) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Chatra.
3) Chatta (छत्त) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Chātra.
4) Chattā (छत्ता) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Chatrā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+38): Catta, Catta-nirupanacapai, Cattaiccampu, Cattaikalarru, Cattaikkaran, Cattaikkari, Cattaikkutai, Cattaimuni, Cattaipannu, Cattaippai, Cattaippurai, Cattaivar, Cattakalli, Cattakappai, Cattakkalli, Cattal, Cattam, Cattamali, Cattamitu, Cattampi.
Ends with (+1): Ahicchatta, Ahichatta, Aticchatta, Atichatta, Bichatta, Catta, Charchatta, Charichatta, Cittachatta, Ekachatta, Micchatta, Navacchatta, Pannachatta, Paricchatta, Patharchatta, Pattharchatta, Paṇṇacchatta, Sacchatta, Setacchatta, Ucchatta.
Full-text (+10): Chatra, Chhatta, Chattavimana, Chatta-ki-ghas, Gomayacchatra, Aticchatta, Gahaka, Chattadanda, Pannachatta, Chattamangala, Paggahita, Chattanali, Rajakakudha-bhanda, Pindika, Bhirati, Kakudhabhanda, Paricchattaka, Bhida, Bharati, Chata.
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The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 336: Brahāchatta-jātaka < [Volume 3]
Jataka 289: Nāna-Cchanda-jātaka < [Book III - Tika-Nipāta]
Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka (by I. B. Horner)
Letters about Vipassana (by Nina van Gorkom)
Dipavamsa (study) (by Sibani Barman)
Vinaya (3): The Cullavagga (by T. W. Rhys Davids)
Cullavagga, Khandaka 5, Chapter 23 < [Khandaka 5 - On the Daily Life of the Bhikkhus]
Mahavamsa (by Wilhelm Geiger)