adjective however much, whatever, as many (in correlation with ta˚; or tattaka) Ja.v.74 (= yāvant); Vism.184 (yattakaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti… tattakaṃ…), Vism.293 (yattakā = yāvatā); DN-a.i.118 (yattaka… tattaka as long as); Dhp-a.ii.50 (˚ṃ kālaṃ as long), Dhp-a.ii.128 Vb-a.73 (yattakaṃ ṭhānaṃ… tattakaṃ), Vb-a.391 (yattakāni kusala-cittāni… tesaṃ sabbesaṃ); Vv-a.175 (yattakāni… tāni as many… so many, i.e. whatever), Vv-a.285 (yattakā āhuneyyā nāma… tesu sabbesu…)
■ instr. yattakena as adv. “because on account of” Dhp-a.iii.383, Dhp-a.iii.393.

fr. yāvant, a late formation; cp. Trenckner, Notes, 80