Sattha¹

neuter a weapon, sword, knife; coll. “arms” DN.i.4, DN.i.56; Snp.309, Snp.819 (explained as 3: kāya˚, vacī˚, mano˚, referring to AN.iv.42 at Mnd.151); Ja.i.72, Ja.i.504; Pv.iii.10#2; Snp-a.458 (˚mukhena); Pv-a.253. Often in combination daṇḍa + sattha (cp daṇḍa 4), coll. for “arms,” Vin.i.349; DN.i.63; AN.iv.249 Cnd.576
■ satthaṃ āharati to stab oneself SN.i.121 SN.iii.123; SN.iv.57 sq.

• -kamma application of the knife, incision, operation Vin.i.205; Snp-a.100.
• -kāraka an assassin Vin.iii.73
• -vaṇijjā trade in arms AN.iii.208.
• -hāraka an assassin Vin.iii.73; SN.iv.62.

cp. Vedic śastra, fr. śas to cut

Sattha²

neuter a science, art, lore Mil.3; Snp-a.327, Snp-a.447
■ vāda˚; science of right belief Snp-a.540; sadda˚; grammar Snp-a.266; supina dream-telling Snp-a.564.

cp. Vedic śāstra, fr. śās to teach

Sattha³

a caravan DN.ii.130, DN.ii.339; Vin.i.152, Vin.i.292; Mnd.446; Dhp.123 (appa˚ with a small c.) Mil.351.

• -gamanīya (magga) a caravan road Vin.iv.63.
• -vāsa encampment DN.ii.340, DN.ii.344.
• -vāsika & ˚vāsin; caravan people Ja.i.333.
• -vāha a caravan leader, a merchant DN.ii.342; Vv.84#7 (cp. Vv-a.337); leader of a band teacher; used as epithet of the Buddha SN.i.192; Iti.80, Iti.108; Vin.i.6. In exegesis of term Satthā at Mnd.446 = Cnd.630 = Vism.208.

sa³ + attha; Sk. sārtha

Sattha⁴

told, taught Ja.ii.298 (variant reading siṭṭha).

pp. of sāsati; śās

Sattha⁵

adjective able, competent Ja.iii.173 (= samattha C.).

wrong for satta = śakta

Sattha⁶

breathed: see vissattha.

cp. Sk. śvasta, śvas