…pi sattā nerayikā); see ekanta. In the same sense:… upenti Roruvaṃ ghoraṃ cirarattaṃ dukkhaṃ anubhavanti SN.i.30;…

…having hair, in compounds ekanta˚ & uddha˚;, of (couch-) covers or (bed) spreads: being made of hair altogether or having hair only on top…

…Nibbānaṃ ekanta-nibbidāya virāgāya etc. saṃvattati SN.ii.223; nibbijjha sabbaso kāme sikkhe nibbānaṃ attano Snp.940…

…ttha-accantasuddhi Snp-a.528); Thag.692 (˚ruci); Dhp.162 (˚dussīlya = ekanta Dhp-a.iii.153).

ati + anta, lit. “up to the end”

adjective one-sided, on one end, with one top, topmost (˚-) usually in function of an adv. as ˚-meaning “absolutely, extremely, extraordinary, quite” etc.

1. (lit.) at one end, only in ˚lomin a wo …

…in the formula: etaṃ ekanta-nibbidāya virāgāya nirodhāya… sambodhāya nibbānāya saṃvattati “this leads to being thoroughly…

…virāgo hoti); SN.iii.69 (ekanta-dukkhā sankhārā); SN.iv.216 sq. (sankhārāṇaṃ khaya-dhammatā; id. with vaya˚, virāga˚, nirodha…

adjective leading to increase, augmenting, prosperous Mil.351 (ekanta˚, equal to aparihāniya).

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