ekatta
, n., [sa. ekatva], 1. (= ekabhāva, m.) a.oneness, singleness, unity (which may imply continuity,
identity) — esp. of (the support of) mental concentration
(hence syn. of ekaggatā, jhāna); b. a single concept or
term, a collective notion; a term in the singular; the
singular (as a gramm. category); 2. (= ekībhāva, m.)
solitude, loneliness; — see 2ekatta with Rem. (esp. on M
III 104,19—108,13, ~ n. or mfn. ?); — 1.a. ~aṁ ~ato
sañjānāti, ~aṁ ~ato saññatvā ~aṁ maññati, ~asmiṁ
maññati, ~ato maññati, ~am me ti maññati, ~aṁ abhi-
nandati, M I 3,29-31 (opp. to nānatta; = ekabhāva, Ps I
37,33-35, quoting other views at 38,5-8); n' appahāya
muni kāme n' ~am upapajjati, S I 49,9* (~an ti jhānaṁ,
Spk I 107,21); ~e āvajjanaṭṭho + . . . sañjotanaṭṭho
abhiññeyyo, Paṭis I 17,33—18,27 (42 expositions, vissaj-
janāni; ~e ti ārammaṇ'-~e, ekârammaṇe ti attho,
Paṭis-a 99,27; "advertingin unity as a meaning is to be
directly known", trsl. Ñm); ~e āvajjanaṭṭhaṁ + . . .
sañjotanaṭṭhaṁ bujjhantī ti bojjhaṅgā, II 121,19—122,30
(same 42 items); kathaṁ puthujjanassa ca sekhassa ca
. . . cittassa abhinīhāro ~aṁ hoti, I 62,23,33 (= eko
hoti, sakatthe bhāvavacanan ti veditabbaṁ . . . abhinī-
hāro ti sāmi-atthe paccatta-vacanaṁ vā, Paṭis-a 270,27
foll.; cf. 2ekatta); 103,1-8, 108,18 foll., II 183,1 foll. in
contrast to nānatta; cittaṁ ~e santiṭṭhati, I 162,26 (≠ Pj
I 244,23); katame te ~ā ? . . . , 163,1 foll.; cattāro pi
. . . ~aṁ upagamiṁsu, Ja I 80,29 ("the four alms-bowls
became one"); ~e nibbāne samāgamo °-samosaraṇaṁ,
Vibh-mṭ Be 146,27 (≠ Sv-pṭ, Ps-pṭ, see °-samosaraṇa);
[~aṁ anupaṭṭhānaṁ, Paṭis Ee II 6,35 foll., see °-anuṭ-
ṭhāna below; — for ~aṁ at S II 61,4,14,25 read ekaṭṭhaṁ
or ekatthaṁ, cf. v. l. and 64,7;] — 1.b. yaṁ ekasaṅga-
hitam, tam ~aṁ, ~aṁ ekena ñāṇena paṭivijjhati, Paṭis
II 105,15—107,32 (of cattāri saccāni); yassa-yaṁ-cittake
ca ~ena niddiṭṭhe, Yam II 21,19 (so prob. read for Ee
ekaṭṭhena niddiṭṭho; ~ena opp. to sakabhāvena [so
read], 21,18); ~ena vā niddiṭṭhā, Peṭ 231,1 (cf. ekattatā
below); catasso pi hi etā satiyo maggaṭṭhena ~aṁ gac-
chanti, Spk III 179,13 (ad S V 141,10); sakalam pi satta-
nikāyaṁ sāmaññato ~aṁ upanetvā, Ud-a 214,27 (of the
word loka at Ud 33,15*); attani garumhi ca ~e pi bahu-
vacanaṁ dissati, 219,27 (ad Ud 35,24; see expl. s. v.
anvāsatta); ~aṁ âpajjati, As 39,32 foll.; diguss' ~aṁ,
Kacc 323 ≠ Sadd § 699; §§ 700, 701 (dvande . . . ca)
≠ Kacc-v 324, 325; Kāsī ice ādīni janapada-nāmattā
rūḷhivasena bahuvacanān' eva bhavanti atthassa ~e pi,
Sadd 205,18; bhāvass' ~ā ekavacanam eva, 593,4;
Mogg-v III 25; Mogg III 26; — 2. dukkaraṁ pavive-
kaṁ, durabhiramaṁ ~e, M I 16,31 foll. (= ekibhāve, Ps
I 112,32) = A V 202,6 (= ekībhāve, Mp V 67,10); ~aṁ
monaṁ akkhātaṁ, eko ce abhiramissati (or -asi), Sn
718; tassa te sagga-kāmassa -am uparocataṁ, Ja VI
61,28* (ct. ekībhāvo te rocatu) = 66,26*; jhānarato ~am
anuyutto, Nidd I 500,25 = II 150,17 (ekībhāvaṁ anuyut-
to payutto, Nidd-a II 49,24) ≠ It-a I 146,8; sīhā viya
nilīnā ~aṁ upagatā, Sv 684,25; — ifc. arahattamagg°;
avyāpād°; ālokasaññ°; dānavossaggupaṭṭhān° (Paṭis I
167,13,15); nirodhupaṭṭhān° (Paṭis I 167,15,18); nekkh-
amm° (Paṭis I 108,18; II 183,3); paṭhamajjhān° (Paṭis II
183,9); vayalakkhaṇupaṭṭhān° (Paṭis I 167,14,17); sama-
thanimittupaṭṭhān° (Paṭis I 167,14,16); — °-anupaṭṭhāna,
n., non-establishment in unity; saddhindriyassa + vase-
na ~aṁ saddhindriyassa + atthaṅgamo hoti, Paṭis II
6,35—7,22 (Be and Paṭis-a so; EeSe ekattaṁ anupaṭṭhā-
naṁ split-cpd. ? or for ekatta-m-anup-?; ~an ti ekatte
anupaṭṭhānaṁ, Paṭis-a 539,15); — °-gata, mfn., arrived
at unity, unified; imehi catūhi ṭhānehi ~aṁ cittaṁ, Paṭis
I 167,19; ~aṁ cittaṁ nānattakilese na ijjhatī ti āneñjaṁ,
II 206,23 qu. Vism 386,19 and Ud-a 186,11; — °-ggaha-
ṇa, n., the apprehension of unity; ~ato sassata-diṭṭhiṁ
upādiyati, Vism 585,8; — °-cariyā, f., practice of, living
in, solitude; Mil 162,28; — °-tā, f., the use of a com-
mon, general term (opp. to vemattatā; occurs under the
heading of the hāra adhiṭṭhāna); ~āya dhammā ye pi ca
vemattatāya niddiṭṭhā, Nett 4,9* (ekassa bhāvo ekat-
taṁ, ekattam eva ~ā, Nett-a 24,2); 72,9*—78,19;
107,18—108,16; Peṭ 102,18—104,3 and passim (for Ee
ekattāya, e.g. 194,16,17, read ekattatāya or ekatāya); —
°-naya, m., method of unity or identity (method of ex-
pllanation by considering the unity of a process; the first
in the group of four attha-nayas); ~o nānatta-nayo
avyāpāra-nayo evaṁ dhammatā-nayo, Vism 584,36 =
Vibh-a 198,13 = Sadd 396,21 (cf. Ud-a 9,15 and It-a I
20,12); santānânupacchedo ~o nāma, Vism 585,5 =
Vibh-a 198,18; keci pana ekattan ti ~aṁ vadanti, Ps I
38,5 (ad M I 3,29); — °-nānatta-pañha, m., question of
identity or difference; Kv-a Ee 1979 19,12; — °-nānatta-
bheda, m., distinction between identity and difference;
~aṁ dassetukāmo, Paṭis-a 270,25; — °-nirata, mfn.,
fond of devoted to, solitude or unity (in concentration),
or n., devotion to . . .; na me phandati cittaṁ, ~aṁ hi
me, Th 49 (ekatta = ekībhāva or ekaggatā or ekasa-
bhāva nibbāna, Th-a I 130,10 foll.); — [for °-paṭṭhāna,
Paṭis Ee I 15,25, read ekattupaṭṭhāna]; — °-paññatti, f.,
description by a common, general term; Peṭ 167,18 (so
read for ekattha-p.); 206,18; 227,6; — °-vāsa, m., living
in union; abhinandanti sabrahmacāri ~ena, A III
349,12,18 (tena saddhiṁ ekato vāsena . . . ekanta-vāsenā
ti pi pāṭho, Mp III 374,25 foll.); — °-samosaraṇa, n.,
arrival at, attainment of, unity; Sv 754,35—755,28 (of
satipaṭṭhāna; Sv-pṭ II 366,25 foll. proposes ekatta =
nibbāna as one expl.) = Ps I 240,4-33 (CeEe here read
ekattha sam°; Ps-pṭ = Sv-pṭ) = Vibh-a 215,34—216,28
(mṭ = Sv-pṭ); — °-sambandha, m., relation to unity;
Paṭis-a 99,26; °-sita, mfn., fixed on unity, concentrated;
yā 'yaṁ upekhā ekatta ~ā, M I 364,26 (ekaṁ āramma-
ṇaṁ nissitattā ~ā nāma, Ps III 43,15); 367,7; III
220,22,30,35; — °-suñña, n., the voidness of (in) unity
(expl. as karmadh., i.e. ekatta is a suñña, being void of
nānatta); Paṭis II 178,4 (ad "suñño loko", 178,8 foll.,
quoting S IV 54,3; ekârammaṇe patiṭṭhitattā nānâram-
maṇavikkhepâbhāvato ekattañ ca taṁ nānattena suññañ
cā ti ~aṁ, Paṭis-a 633,6); 183,1 foll. (Paṭis-a 637,27
foll.); — °âbhirati, f., delight in solitude; Mil 162,29
(Mil-ṭ 30,11); — ( ârammaṇa, v.s. v. 2ekatta); —
°(a)-ūpaṭṭhāna, n., the establishment of unity; ~aṁ aj-
jhupekkhiati, Paṭis I 168,7,10 = 170,10,13 qu. Vism 148,4;
saddhindriyassa + vasena ~aṁ saddhindriyassa + sa-
mudayo hoti, II 5,11—6,22 (~an ti ekârammaṇe acala-
bhāvena bhusaṁ ṭhānaṁ uparûpari saddhindriyassa
paccayo hoti, Paṭis-a 539,2); °-vasena cittassa ṭhitaṭṭho
abhiññeyyo, I 15,25 (so read for Ee ekattapaṭṭhāna-;
°-vasenā ti samādhi-yogena ca ekârammaṇe bhusampa-
tiṭṭhāna-vasena ca, Paṭis-a 94,9); °-vasena cittassa ṭhitaṭ-
ṭhaṁ bujjhantī ti bojjhaṅgā, II 118,32; °-kusalo hoti,
27,34; 28,2; °-kusala-vasena, 29,29.
