Nanatta

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n¤natta

multiplicity

diversity

multiplicity

Pali Text Society, Pali English Dictionary (edited entry):
N¤natta: [Sk. nanatva; abstr. fr. n¤n¤] diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. M I.364: "the multiformity of sensuous impressions,"...). Enumn of diversity as n¤natt¤, viz. dh¤tu° phassa° vedan¤° sa¾¾¤° sankappa° chanda° pari²¤ha° pariyesan¤° l¤bha° D III.289; S II.140 sq., cp. IV.113 sq., 284 sq.... -- A IV.385... In composition, substituted sometimes for n¤na. Cp. Dialogues I.14, n. 2. -kath¤ desultory talk, gossip D I.8; S V.420 -k¤ya (adj.) having a variety of bodies or bodily states...appl. to manussa, deva, vinipatika (cp. nava sattavasa) A IV.39 sq....D III.253, 263, 282 -sa¾¾¤ consciousness of diversity (Rh. D.: "idea of multiformity," Dial. II.119; Mrs. Rh. D. "consciousness of the manifold") M I.3; S IV.113 sq.; D III.224, 262 sq., 282; A I.41, 267; II.184; III.306...

N¤natta