The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Atta2 see attan.
Atta
Atta3 [Sk. akta, pp. of añjati] see upatta.
Attan
Attan (m.) & atta (the latter is the form used in compn.) [Vedic !tman, not to Gr. a)\nemos = Lat. animus,
but to Gr. a)tmo/s steam, Ohg. !tum breath, Ags. aepm]. -- I. Inflection. (1) of attan -- (n. stem); the foll.
cases are the most freq.: acc. att!na' D i.13, 185; S i.24; Sn 132, 451. -- gen. dat. attano Sn 334, 592 etc.,
also as abl. A iii.337 (attano ca parato ca as regards himself and others). -- instr. abl. attan! S i.24; Sn 132,
451; DhA ii.75; PvA 15, 214 etc. On use of attan! see below iii.1 C. -- loc. attani S v.177; A i.149 (attan"
metri causa); ii.52 (anattani); iii.181; M i.138; Sn 666, 756, 784; Vbh 376 (an˚). -- (2) of atta -- (a -- stem)
we find the foll. cases: acc. atta' Dh 379. -- instr. attena S iv.54. -- abl. attato S i.188; Ps i.143; ii.48; Vbh
336. Meanings. 1. The soul as postulated in the animistic theories held in N India in the 6th and 7th cent. B.
C. It is described in the Upanishads as a small creature, in shape like a man, dwelling in ordinary times in
the heart. It escapes from the body in sleep or trance; when it returns to the body life and motion reappear.
It escapes from the body at death, then continues to carry on an everlasting life of its own. For numerous
other details see Rh. D. Theory of Soul in the Upanishads J R A S 1899. Bt. India 251 -- 255. Buddhism
repudiated all such theories, thus differing from other religions. Sixteen such theories about the soul D i.31.
Seven other theories D i.34. Three others D i.186/7. A 2 soul 3 according to general belief was some thing
permanent, unchangeable, not affected by sorrow S iv.54 = Kvu 67; Vin i.14; M i.138. See also M i.233;
iii.265, 271; S ii.17, 109; iii.135; A i.284; ii.164, 171; v.188; S iv.400. Cp. !tuman, tuma, puggala, j"va,
satta, p!*a and n!ma -- r(pa. 2. Oneself, himself, yourself. Nom. att!, very rare. S i.71, 169; iii.120; A i.57,
149 (you yourself know whether that is true or false. Cp. Manu viii.84. Here att! comes very near to the
European idea of conscience. But conscience as a unity or entity is not accepted by Buddhism) Sn 284; Dh
166, 380; Miln 54 (the image, outward appearance, of oneself). Acc. att!na' S i.44 (would not give for
himself, as a slave) A i.89; Sn 709. Acc. atta' Dh 379. Abl. attato as oneself S i.188; Ps i.143; ii.48; Vbh
336. Loc. attani A i.149; iii.181; Sn 666, 784. Instr. attan! S i.57 = Dh 66; S i.75; ii.68; A i.53; iii.211;
iv.405; Dh 165. On one's own account, spontaneously S iv.307; v.354; A i.297; ii.99, 218; iii.81; J i.156;
PvA 15, 20. In composition with numerals attadutiya himself and one other D ii.147; ˚catuttha with himself
as fourth M i.393; A iii.36; ˚pañcama Dpvs viii.2; ˚sattama J i.233; ˚a&&hama VvA 149 (as atta -- na&&hama
Vv 3413), & ˚a&&hamaka Miln 291. anatt! (n. and predicative adj.) not a soul, without a soul. Most freq. in
combn. with dukkha & anicca -- (1) as noun: S iii.141 (˚anupassin); iv.49; v.345 (˚saññin); A ii.52 = Ps
ii.80 (anattani anatt!; opp. to anattani att!, the opinion of the micch!di&&higat! satt!); Dh 279; Ps ii.37, 45
sq. (˚anupassan!), 106 (ya' aniccañ ca dukkhañ ca ta' anatt!); DhA iii. 406 (˚lakkha*a). -- (2) as adj.
(pred.): S iv.152 sq.; S iv.166; S iv.130 sq., 148 sq.; Vin i.13 = S iii.66 = Nd2 680 Q 1; S iii.20 sq.; 178 sq.,
196 sq.; sabbe dhamm! anatt! Vin v.86; S iii.133; iv.28, 401. -- attha one's own profit or interest Sn 75;
Nd2 23; J iv.56, 96; otherwise as atta -- d -- attha, e. g. Sn 284. -- atthiya looking after one's own needs Th
1, 1097. -- âdhipaka master of oneself, self -- mastered A i.150. -- adhipateyya selfdependence, self --
reliance, independence A i.147. -- âdh"na independent D i.72. -- ânudi&&hi speculation about souls S iii.185;
iv.148; A iii.447; Sn 1119; Ps i.143; Vbh 368; Miln 146. -- ânuyogin one who concentrates his attention on
himself Dh 209; DhA iii.275. -- ânuv!da blaming oneself A ii.121; Vbh 376. -- uññ! self -- humiliation
Vbh 353 (+ att -- avaññ!). -- uddesa relation to oneself Vin iii.149 (= attano atth!ya), also ˚ika ibid. 144. --
kata self -- made S i.134 (opp. para˚). -- k!ma love of self A ii.21; adj. a lover of "soul", one who cares for
his own soul S i.75. -- k!ra individual self, fixed individuality, oneself (cp. aha'k!ra) D i.53 (opp. para˚); A
iii 337 (id.) DA i.160; as nt. at J v.401 in the sense of service (self -- doing", slavery) (attak!r!ni karonti
bhattusu). -- kilamatha self -- mortification D iii.113; S iv.330; v.421; M iii.230. -- garahin self -- censuring
Sn 778. -- gutta selfguarded Dh 379. -- gutti watchfulness as regards one's self, self -- care A ii.72. --
ghañña self -- destruction Dh 164. -- ja proceeding from oneself Dh 161 (p!pa). -- ñ( knowing oneself A
iv.113, cp. D iii.252. -- (n) tapa self -- mortifying, self -- vexing D iii.232 = A ii.205 (opp. paran˚); M i.341,
411; ii.159; Pug 55, 56. -- da*.a see atta1. -- danta selfrestrained, self -- controlled Dh 104, 322. -- di&&hi
speculation concerning the nature of the soul Nd1 107; SnA 523, 527. -- d"pa relying on oneself,
independent, founded on oneself (+ attasara*a, opp. añña˚) D ii.100 = iii.42; S v.154; Sn 501 (= attano gu*e