adjective solid, firm, strong, only in phrase; aṭaliyo upāhanā strong sandals MN.ii.155 (vv.ll. paṭaliye & agaliyo) = SN.i.226 (vv.ll. āṭaliyo & āṭaliko). At the latter passage Bdhgh. explains gaṇangaṇ-ûpāhanā, Mrs. Rh. D. (Kindred Sayings i.291) trsls “buskined shoes”.

cp. Sk. aṭṭa & aṭṭālaka stronghold