agg'-upaṭṭhāka
, m. (from 1agga), a first or chiefattendant, DN II 6,16 foll. (Vessabhussa Bhagavato ~,
scil. Upasannaka. cf. Upasanta, Bv XXII, 23; Ja I
42,13); II 51,9 (Vipassissa ~, scil. Asoka, cf. Bv XX,
28; Ja I 41,10); 52,9 (Gotamassa ~, scil. Ānanda);
MN II 46,3; 51,7 (Kassapassa ~, scil. Ghatīkāra, cf.
Ja I 43,17 [Bv XXV, 41]). — °-upaṭṭhāyikā, f., do.
female attendant, Dhp-a I 417,20 [Bv XI,26]; Ps II
399,7. — [Bv has always the forms aggupaṭṭhaka,
m. & aggupaṭṭhikā, f., Bv XXII, 25 (Bv II, 215,
III, 16—32; IV, 25, etc., are all unknown to Bv-a),
and cf. aggupatthākupāsaka, m. & ~ikā, f., ib.
XXVII, 19—20.]
