adjective [Sk. *ātma-ja, corrupted form for attaja (see attā) through analogy with Sk. atra “here”. This form occurs only in Ja and similar sources, i.e. popular lore born from oneself, one’s own, appl. to sons, of which there are 4 kinds enumerated, viz. atraja khettaja, dinnaka antevāsika p. Cnd.448
■ Ja.i.135; Ja.iii.103 = Mnd.504; Ja.iii.181; Ja.v.465; Ja.vi.20; Mhvs.4, Mhvs.12; Mhvs.13, Mhvs.4; Mhvs.36, Mhvs.57.