Yugamattam, Yugamattaṃ, Yuga-mattam: 1 definition
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Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryYugamattaṃ refers to: (adv.) “only the distance of a plough, ” i.e. only a little (viz. the most necessary) distance ahead, with expressions of sight: pekkhati Sn. 410 (“no more than a fathom’s length” Rh. D. in Early Buddhism 32); pekkhin Miln. 398; °dassāvin Vism. 19 (okkhitta-cakkhu+) pekkhamāna SnA 116 (as explanation of okkhittacakkhu).
Note: yugamattaṃ is a Pali compound consisting of the words yuga and mattaṃ.
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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