attha¹

m rarely neuter

1. aim, purpose, goal; advantage, profit, benefit.

2. use, need, want (+ instr.).

3. 1. affair, concern, business; problem; thing, matter; (with verbs of saying, asking, etc. often simply) this, that.
   2. practical affairs, policy;
   3. a legal case.

4. meaning, sense; very often in commentaries at end of explained (esp. paraphrased) passages as ti attho: this is the meaning; in association with dhamma, attha expresses the goal as opposed to the doctrine; practical affairs as opposed to spiritual matters; the practical application and result as opposed to the theory; the interpretation as opposed to the text.

attha²

masculine neuter

1. sets (of the sun or moon)
2. goes out, disappears, is extinguished.