indeclinable copulative and adversative part.: and, also, and further, likewise, nay SN.i.106; Snp.43, Snp.155, Snp.647; Dhp.151, Dhp.234, Dhp.423; Ja.i.83; Ja.ii.185 Ja.iv.495; Iti.106; Kp.viii.7; Pv.iv.3#15; Pv-a.251 (atho ti nipātamattaṃ avadhāraṇ-atthe vā). Also comb^d. with other part., like atho pi Snp.222, Snp.537, Snp.985; Pv.ii.3#20; Kp-a.166.

Sk. atho, atha + u