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Acchati Aja
karitva a. (= aggii) karoti) D 1.102; aggii) paricaranto a.
(= aggii] paricarati) DA 1.270; tantar) pasarento a. (=
tantaq pasoreti) DhA 1.424. — Pot. acche It no; aor.
acchi Vin iv.308; DhA 1.424.
Acchanna (adj.) [pp. of acchadeli] covered with, clothed
in, fig. steeped in (c. loe.) J III.323 (lohite a. = aimugga C).
At D 1.91 naccbaana is for na chanoa (see channa'^)=
not fair, not suitable or proper (patirOpa).
ACChambhln (adj.) [a + chambhin] not frightened, undismayed,
fearless Sn 42 (reading achambhin; Nd^ 13 expK
abhiru anulrasi etc.); J vi.322 (= nikkampa C). See
chambhin.
ACChara' (f.) [etym. uncertain, but certainly dialectical;
Trenckner connects it with acchurita (Notes 76); Childers
compares Sk. aksara (see akkhara); there may be a connection
with akkhana in akkhana-vedhin (cp. BSk. acchata
Divy 555), or possibly a relation to a + tSBTi thus
meaning "stealthily", although the primary meaning is
"snapping, a quick sound"] the snapping of the fingers,
the bringing together of the finger-tips: I. (lit.) accbaran
pabarati to snap the fingers J 11.447; HM91 ; iv.124, 126;
V.314; VI.366; DhA 1.38, 424. — As measure: as much
as one may hold with the finger-tips, a pinch J v.385
DhA 11.273 Cgahanamattai)) ; cp. ekacchara-matta DhA
11.274. — 2. (fig.) a finger's snap, i. e. a short moment,
in ek^accbara-kkbane in one moment Miln 102, and in
def. of acchariya (q. v ) at D.\ 1.43; VvA 329.
-sangbata the snapping of the fingers as signifying a
short duration of time, a moment, "matla momentary,
only for one moment (cp. BSk. acchatasanghata Divy
142) A i.io, 34, 38; IV.396; Th i, 405; 2, 67 (expld.
at ThA 76 as ghatikSmatlam pi khanai) angulipothanamattam
pi kalai)). -sadda the sound of the snapping of
a finger J in. 127.
Acchara' (f.) [V'edic apsaras ^ apa, water + sarati, origwater
nymph] a celestial nymph M 1.253 (p'- accharayo)
11.64; Th 2, 374 (= devacchara ThA 252); J v.152 sq-
(Alambusa a.) Vv 5^ (= devakafina VvA 37); Vv 172)
18" etc.; DhA 111.8, 19; PvA 46 (dev°); Miln 169;
Sdhp 298.
Acchat^ka (nt. or f. ?) [fr. acchara'] in °r) vadeti to make
heavenly music (lit. the sounds of an acchara or heavenly
nymph) A IV.265.
Acchariya (adj.-nt.) [cp. Sk. ascarya since Upanishads of
uncertain etym. — The conventional etym. of Pali grammarians
connects it with acchara' (which is prob. correct
& thus reduces Sk. ascarya to a Sanskritisation of acchariya)
viz. Dhamraapala: anabhinha-ppavattitaya accharapaharana
yoggaij that which happens without a moment's
notice, at the snap of a finger; i.e. causally unconnected
(cp. Goth, silda-leiks in similar meaning) VvA 329; and
Buddhaghosa: acchara-yoggan ti acchariyaq accharaq paha-
ritur) yuttan ti attho DA 1.43] wonderful, surprising,
strange, marvellous D 11.155; M 1.79; 111.118, 125, 144
(aii°); S IV.371; A 1.181; Miln 28, 253; DhA 111.171;
PvA 121; VvA 71 (an°). As nt. often in exclamations:
how wonderful! what a marvel! J 1.223, 279; iv.138;
VI.94 (a. vata bho); DhA IV.51 (aho a.); VvA 103 (aho
ti acchariyatlhena nipato). Thus freq. combd- with abbhutai)
= how wonderful & strange, marvellous, beyond
comprehension, e. g. D 1.2, 60, 206, 210; II. 8; and in
phrase acchariya abbbuta dhamma strange & wonderful
things, i.e. wonderful signs, portents marvels, M III. 118,
125; A 1V.198; Miln 8; also as adj. in phrase accbariyaabbhuta-(citta-JJata
with their hearts full of wonder and
surprise DhA iv.52; PvA 6, 50. — See also acchera &
accheraka.
Acchidana (nt.) [fr. acchsdeti] covering, clothing Th I,
698; Miln 279. — fig. protection, sheltering J 1.307.
AcchadanS (f.) [= prec] covering, hiding, concealment
Pug 19, 23. — Nott. In id. p. at Vbh 358 we read
accasara for acchadana. Is the latter merely a gloss?
Acchadetl [a -f chadeti