aṭṭhi
Aṭṭhi˚1
in combn. with katvā: to make something one’s attha, i.e. object, to find out the essence or profitableness or value of anything to recognise the nature of, to realise, understand, know. Nearly always in stock phrase aṭṭhikatvā manasikatvā DN.ii.204; MN.i.325, MN.i.445; SN.i.112 sq. = SN.i.189, SN.i.220; SN.v.76; AN.ii.116; AN.iii.163; Ja.i.189; Ja.v.151 (: attano atthikabhāvaṃ katvā atthiko hutvā sakkaccaṃ suṇeyya C.); Ud.80 (: adhikicca ayaṃ no attho adhigantabbo evaṃ sallakkhetvā tāya desanāya atthikā hutvā C.); Sdhp.220 (˚katvāna).
= attha (aṭṭha) in compn. with kar & bhū, as freq. in Sk. and P. with i for a, like citti-kata (for citta˚) angi-bhūta (for anga˚); cp. the freq. combn. (with similar meaning) manasi-kata (besides manasā-k.), also upadhikaroti and others. This combn. is restricted to the pp and der. (˚kata & ˚katvā). Other explains by Morris J. P. T. S 1886, 107; Windisch, M. & B. 100
Aṭṭhi2
neuter
- a bone AN.i.50; AN.iv.129; Snp.194 (˚nahāru bones tendons); Dhp.149, Dhp.150; Ja.i.70; Ja.iii.26, Ja.iii.184; Ja.vi.448 (˚vedhin) Dhp-a.iii.109 (300 bones of the human body, as also at Suśruta iii.5); Kp-a.49; Pv-a.68 (˚camma-nahāru), Pv-a.215 (gosīs˚); Sdhp.46, Sdhp.103.
- the stone of a fruit Ja.ii.104.
- -kaṅkala [Sk. ˚kankāla] a skeleton MN.i.364; cp. ˚sankhalika.
- -kadali a special kind of the plantain tree (Musa Sapientum) Ja.v.406.
- -kalyāṇa beauty of bones Dhp-a.i.387
- -camma bones and skin Ja.ii.339; Dhp-a.iii.43; Pv-a.68
- -taca id. Ja.ii.295.
- -maya made of bone Vin.ii.115
- -miñjā marrow AN.iv.129; Dhp-a.i.181; Dhp-a.iii.361; Kp-a.52
- -yaka (T. aṭṭhīyaka) bones & liver SN.i.206.
- -saṅkhalikā aṭṭhika*˚] a chain of bones, i.e. a skeleton Dhp-a.iii.479; Pv-a.152
- -saṅghāṭa conjunction of bones, i.e. skeleton Vism.21; Dhp-a.ii.28; Pv-a.206.
- -sañcaya a heap of bones Iti.17 Bdhd 87.
- -saññā the idea of bones (cp. aṭṭhika˚) Thag.18.
- -saṇṭhāna a skeleton Sdhp.101.
Sk. asthi = Av. asti, Gr. ο ̓́στεον, ο ̓́στρακον, ἀστράγαλος; Lat. os (*oss); also Gr. ο ̓́ζος branch Goth. asts