adjective neighbouring, bordering DN.i.101; Vin.i.46 (āpatti˚ bordering on a transgression) Ja.ii.21; Ja.iv.124; connected with MN.i.95; -jappā (or -jappana) roundabout talk Vb.353; Vism.28; Mnd.226 Vb-a.484. abl. sāmantā in the neighbourhood of Vin.iii.36; DN.ii.339; loc. sāmante the same Ja.iv.152 (Kapila-vatthu-˚).

fr. samanta