sata
Sata1
(num. card.) a hundred, used as nt (collect.), either-˚ or as apposition, viz. gāma-sataṃ a hundred (ship of) villages Dhp-a.i.180; jaṭila-satāni 100 ascetics Vin.i.24; jāti˚ DN.i.13; or gāthā sataṃ 100 stanzas Dhp.102
■ Often in sense of “many” or “innumerable,” e.g. ˚kaku, ˚raṃsi, etc.; cp. ˚satāni bahūni Ja.iv.310, Ja.iv.311.
- -kaku having a hundred corners, epithet of a cloud AN.iii.34 = SN.i.100 (variant reading sattakatu) see J.P.T.S. 1891–93 p.5
- -patta the Indian crane (or woodpecker?) Ja.ii.153 Ja.ii.388; Mil.404.
- -padī a centipede AN.ii.73; AN.iii.101, AN.iii.306 AN.iv.320; AN.v.290; Vin.ii.110, Vin.ii.148; Mil.272.
- -pala (Thag.97) see pala.
- -pāka (-tela) oil mixture, worth 100 pieces Ja.iv.281; Dhp-a.ii.48; Dhp-a.iii.311; see also pāka.
- -puñña 100, i.e. innumerable merits Vism.211.
- -pupphā Anethum sowa, a sort of dill or fennel Ja.vi.537.
- -porisa of the height of a hundred men, extremely high, attribute of a hell Vv.52, Vv.12 sq.; name of a hell Ja.v.269.
- -mūlī Asparagus racemosus Abhp.585.
- -raṃsi “having 100 rays,” the sun Sdhp.590; Ja.i.44.
- -rasabhojana food of 100 flavours Dhp-a.iii.96 (variant reading all pass, satta˚)
- -vaṅka a kind of fish Abhp.672.
- -vallikā an under-garment arranged like a row of jewelry Vin.ii.137.
- -sahassa one hundred thousand Ja.ii.20; Mil.88; Mil.136; Dhp-a.ii.86
- -sahassima id. SN.ii.133.
Vedic śataṃ; cp. Av. satəm, Gr. ἑ κατόν, Lat. centum; Goth. hund = hundred; Idg. *kmtóm fr. dkm̊tóm (= decem), thus ultimately the same as daśa, i.e. decad (of tens)
Sata2
remembering, mindful, conscious DN.i.37; DN.ii.94 DN.iii.49, DN.iii.107, DN.iii.222, DN.iii.269; MN.i.520 (su-ssata & dus-sata) SN.iv.211; AN.iii.169 (+ sampajāna), AN.iii.325; AN.iv.311; Snp.741; Dhs.163; DN-a.i.211
■ satokārin cultivator of sati Pts.i.175.
pp. of sarati, of smṛ; cp. BSk. smṛta Avs.i.228; Avs.ii.197