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Attha i6 Addha
IV.3M (gulaparimandala , cp. PvA 254). Of geometrical
figures in general Dhs 617. -anga (of) eight parts, eight-
fold, consisting of eight ingredients or constituents (see
also next and above B 2 on significance of attha in this
connection), in comp". with °ufela characterised by the
eight parts (i. e. the observance of the first eight of the
commandments or vows, see sila & cp. anga 2), ot uposatha,
the fast-day A 1.2 15; Sn 402 (Sn A 378 expls. ekam pi
divasar) apariccajanto atthangupetai] uposathai] upavassa)^
cp. atthanguposathin (adj.) Mhvs 36, 84. In BSk. always
in phrase astanga-samanvagata upavasa, e. g. Divy 398
Sp. Av. 6 1.338, 399; also vrata Av. §1.170. In the same
sense atthangupeta patibariyapakkha (q. v.) Sn 402, where
Vv 15' has °susamSgata (expH- at VvA 72 by panatipala
veramanl-adihi atthah' angehi samannagata). °samannagala
endowed with the eight qualities (see anga 3), of rajs, a
king D 1. 137 sq., of brahmassara, the supreme or most
excellent voice (of the Buddha) D 11.211; J 1.95; VvA
217. Also in Buddh. Sk. astangopeta svara of the voice
of the Buddha, e.g. Sp. Av. 6 1. 149. -angika having
eight constituents, being made up of eight (intrinsic) parts,
embracing eight items (see above B 2) ; of the uposatha
(as in prec. atthang^ uposatha) Sn 401 ; of the "Eight-
fold Noble Path" (ariyo a. maggo). (Also in BSk. as
astangika marga, e. g. Lai. Vist. 540, cp. astangamargadesika
of the Buddha, Divy 124, 265); D 1.
1 56, 157,
165; M 1. 118; It 18; Sn 1130 (magga uttama); Dh 191.
273; Th 2, 158, 171; Kh IV.; Vin i.io; Nd^ 485; DA
1.313; DhA 111.402. -angula eight finger-breadths thick,
eight inches thick, i. e. very thick, of double thickness
J II.9 1 (in contrast to caturangula) ; Mhvs 29, II (with
sattangula). -addha (v. 1. addhattha) half of eight, i. e.
four (°pada) J VI. 354, see also addha'. -nakba having
eight nails or claws J VI.354 (: ekekasmiq pade dvinnai)
dvinnag khuranai] vasena C.). -nava eight or nine DhA
III. 179. -pada I. a chequered board for gambling or
playing drafts etc., lit. having eight squares, i. e. on each
side (DA 1.85 : ekekaya pantiya attha attha padani assa
ti), cp. dasapada D 1.6. — 2. eightfold, folded or plaited
in eight, cross-plaited (of hair) Th I, 772 (atthapada-kata
kesa); J 11.5 ("tthapana = cross-plaiting), -padaka a small
square (|), i.e. a patch Vin 1.297 ; 11. 1 50. -pada an
octopod, a kind of (fabulous) spider (or deer?) J v.377;
VI. 538 ; cp. Sk. astapada = sarabha a fabulous eight-legged
animal, -mangala having
V.409 (expl