ati
, ind. [ts.], prefix to nouns (subst., adj., adv.)or prp. to verbs, before vowels generally taking the form
acc-, e. g. acc-uṇha, acc-odāta, sometimes with lengthe-
ning of the foll. vowel, e. g. accāhita = ati-ahita, but
also ati (or at'), e. g. ati-ambila, ati-iṭṭha, ati-ucca &
at'-ucca. —- 1. (a) prefixed to a subst, implying 'abun-
dance, excess, superiority, transgression, above'; — (b)
to an adj. or adv. = too (much), very much, quite. —
2. to verbs and their derivates = too much, very much;
over, through; by, away (far away); beyond, too far;
also 'into' (e. g. ati-neti, ati-harati). — 3. as govern-
ing prp. v. ati-diṭṭhiyā (cf. adhi-° & abhi-°). -—
4. sometimes inserted (like adhi) in an iterative comp.,
implying 'cumulation', v. cakkâticakka, chattâtic-
chatta, balâtibala, mañcâtimañca, mānâtimāna
cf. Sakkānaṁ ati-Sakko, devānaṁ atidevo etc. (but
differently devâtideva, q. v.). —- Cf. ativiya (atīva),
by which it is generally rendered in Ctt. — Sometimes
alternating with or corresponding to adhi- (see ati-
deva), or abhi- (see atikkanta, cf. atijāta). — Com-
bined with an other prp., see upâti-°, pâti-°, vîti-°. —
The sense of ati ts given Abh 1138 (= atisaye); 1182
(antobhāva-bhusatthâtisaya-pūjāsu atikkame || bhū-
tabhāve pasaṁsāyaṁ daḷhatthâdo siyā 'ati'); Būp
87,8 ('ati'ti atikkamana, atikkanta, atisaya, bhusattha,
etc., see these words); Ud-a 224,29 (atī ti accantatthe
nipāto); cf. Sadd III Ce 774,17.
