The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

4yata [Sk. !yata, pp. of ! + yam, cp. !yamati] -- 1. (adj.) outstretched, extended, long, in length (with
numeral) D iii.73 (ñ!tikkhaya, prolonged or heavy?); M i.178 (d"ghato !˚; tiriyañ ca vitthata); J i.77, 273
(tetti's! -- angul!!yato khaggo); iii.438; Vv 8415 (˚a'sa; cp. expln. at VvA 339); SnA 447; DhsA 48; PvA
152 (d!&h! fangs; lom! hair), 185 (˚va&&a); Sdhp 257. -- 2. (n.) a bow J iii.438. -- agga having its point (end)
stretched forward, i. e. in the future (see !yati) It 15, 52. -- pa*hin having long eye -- lashes (one of the
signs of a Mah!purisa) D ii.17 = iii.143. -- pamha a long eye -- lash Th 2, 384 (= d"ghapakhuma ThA 250).
4yataka
4yataka (adj.) [= !yata] -- 1. long. extended, prolonged, kept up, lasting Vin ii.108 (g"tassara); A iii.251
(id.); J i.362. -- 2. sudden, abrupt, instr. ˚ena abruptly Vin ii.237.
4yatana
4yatana (nt.) [Sk. !yatana, not found in the Vedas; but freq. in BSk. From ! + yam, cp. !yata. The pl. is
!yatan! at S iv.70. -- For full definition of term as seen by the P!li Commentators see Bdhgh's expln at DA
i. 124, 125, with which cp. the popular etym. at KhA 82: "!yassa v! tananato !yatassa v! sa's!radukkhassa
nayanato !yatan!ni" and at Vism 527 "!ye tanoti !yatañ ca nayat" ti !."] -- 1. stretch, extent, reach,
compass, region; sphere, locus, place, spot; position, occasion (corresponding to Bdhgh's definition at DA
i.124 as "samosara*a") D iii.241, 279 (vimutti˚); S ii.41, 269; iv.217; v.119 sq., 318. sq.; A iii.141 (ariya˚);
v.61 (abhibh˚, q. v.) Sn 406 (rajass˚ "haunt of passion" = r!g!di -- rajassa uppatti -- deso SnA 381); J i.80
(raj˚). Freq. in phrase araññ˚ a lonely spot, a spot in the forest J i.173; VvA 301; PvA 42, 54. -- 2. exertion,
doing, working, practice, performance (comprising Bdhgh's definition at DA i.124 as paññatti), usually -- ˚,
viz. kamm˚ Nd1 505; Vbh 324, 353; kasi*˚ A v.46 sq., 60; Ps i.28; titth˚ A i.173, 175; Vbh 145, 367; sipp˚
(art, craft) D i.51; Nd2 505; Vbh 324, 353; cp. an˚ non -- exertion, indolence, sluggishness J v.121. -- 3.
sphere of perception or sense in general, object of thought, sense -- organ & object; relation, order. -- Cpd.
p. 183 says rightly: "!yatana cannot be rendered by a single English word to cover both sense -- organs (the
mind being regarded as 6th sense) and sense objects". -- These !yatan!ni (relations, functions,
reciprocalities) are thus divided into two groups, inner (ajjhattik!ni) and outer (b!hir!ni), and comprise the
foll.: (a) ajjhatt˚: 1. cakkhu eye, 2. sota ear, 3. gh!na nose, 4. jivh! tongue, 5. k!ya body, 6. mano mind; (b)
b!h˚: 1. r(pa visible object, 2. sadda sound, 3. gandha odour, 4. rasa taste, 5. pho&&habba tangible object, 6.
dhamma cognizable object. -- For details as regards connotation & application see Dhs trsl. introduction li
sq. Cpd. 90 n. 2; 254 sq. -- Approximately covering this meaning (3) is Bdhgh's definition of !yatana at DA
i.124 as sañj!ti and as k!ra*a (origin & cause, i. e. mutually occasioning & conditioning relations or
adaptations). See also Nd2 under r(pa for further classifications. -- For the above mentioned 12 !yatan!ni
see the foll. passages: D ii.302 sq.; iii.102, 243; A iii.400; v.52; Sn 373 (cp. SnA 366); Ps i.7, 22, 101, 137;
ii. 181, 225, 230; Dhs 1335; Vbh 401 sq.; Nett 57, 82; Vism 481; ThA 49, 285. Of these 6 are mentioned at
S i.113, ii.3; iv.100, 174 sq.; It 114; Vbh 135 sq., 294; Nett 13, 28, 30; Vism 565 sq. Other sets of 10 at
Nett 69; of 4 at D ii.112, 156; of 2 at D ii.69. -- Here also belongs !k!s! !nañc! !yatana, !kiñcaññ˚ etc. (see
under !k!sa etc. and s. v.), e. g. at D i.34 sq., 183; A iv.451 sq.; Vbh 172, 189, 262 sq.; Vism 324 sq. --
Unclassified passages: M i.61; ii.233; iii.32, 216, 273; S i.196; ii.6, 8, 24, 72 sq.; iii.228; iv.98; v.426; A
i.113, 163, 225; iii.17, 27, 82, 426; iv.146, 426; v.30, 321, 351, 359; Nd1 109, 133, 171, 340; J i.381
(paripu**a˚); Vbh 412 sq. (id.). -- upp!da birth of the !yatanas (see above 3) Vin i.185. -- kusala skilled in
the !. M iii.63. -- kusalat! skill in the spheres (of sense) D iii.212; Dhs 1335. -- &&ha founded in the sense --
organs Ps i.132; ii.121.
4yatanika
4yatanika (adj.) [fr. !yatana] belonging to the sphere of (some special sense, see !yatana 3) S iv.126
(phass˚ niraya & sagga).
4yati