Ajja & Ajjā

adverb to-day, now Snp.75 Snp.153, Snp.158, Snp.970, Snp.998; Dhp.326; Ja.i.279; Ja.iii.425 (read bahutaṃ ajjā; not with Kern, Toev. s. v. as “food”); Pv.i.11#7 (= idāni Pv-a.59); Pv-a.6, Pv-a.23; Mhvs.15, Mhvs.64. Freq. in phrase ajjatagge (= ajjato + agge(?) or ajja-tagge, see agga³) from this day onward, henceforth Vin.i.18; DN.i.85; DN-a.i.235.

• -kālaṃ (adv.) this morning Ja.vi.180;
• -divasa the present day Mhvs.32, Mhvs.23.

Vedic adya & adyā, a + dyā, a˚ being base of demonstr. pron. (see a³) and dyā an old loc. of dyaus (see diva), thus “on this day”