acchaṭā (209)

acchaṭā
Entry 209, Page 7, Col. 1

(acCawA, acCawA)
acchaṭā¦, also acchaṭā-saṃghāta (= Pali and AMg. accharā, Pali also accharā-saṃghāta), once ac- chaṭā-saṃhāta (see saṃhāta); cf. ricchaṭā (for ṛcch- aṭā? which could be the original of acchaṭā), (1) snap of the fingers: ekācchatā ye (so read with WT) ca karonti śabdam SP 392.6; acchaṭā-śabdena Divy 555.21; °śabdaḥ Mvy 2802; °śabdam akārṣīt, snapped his fingers, Gv 510.22; °saṃghāta-śabdaḥ SP 388.8; (2) as n. of a small unit of time, instant, jiffy: °ṭā (printed °ṭāṃ in 160.7, wrongly) tvaritā gatiḥ Mmk 160.7; 279.23; once as nt. (see acchaṭa), °ṭam Mmk 159.23; various adverbs, in a jiffy, acchaṭāmātreṇa Mmk 79.27; °ṭā-samghāta- mātram Mvy 8226; Divy 142.11; °ṭā-pada-mātram Mmk 268.18; ekācchaṭāsaṃhātamātram Śikṣ 214.11; as adj., having or characterized by the measure of a finger-snap, i.e. in a jiffy, agreeing with personal subject, (Mañjuśrīḥ…) °ṭāsaṃghātamātro…vikurvaṇaṃ…samāpadyata Mmk 3.27.

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