adjective personal, inward (cp. Dhs trsl. 207 & Mnd.346: ajjhattikaṃ vuccati cittaṃ) opp. bāhira outward (q.v.). See also āyatana
■ MN.i.62 SN.i.73 (˚ā rakkhā na bāhirā); SN.iv.7 sq. (āyatanāni); SN.v.101 (anga); AN.i.16 (anga); AN.ii.164 (dhātuyo); AN.iii.400 (āyatanāni); AN.v.52 (id.); Iti.114 (id.), Iti.9 (anga); Kp iv. (= Kp-a.82); Ja.iv.402 (bāhira-vatthuṃ ayācitvā ajjhattikassa nāmaṃ gaṇhati); Dhs.673, Dhs.751; Vb.13, Vb.67, Vb.82 sq., Vb.119, Vb.131, Vb.392 sq.

ajjhatta + ika