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अच्छटा (acchaTA)

 
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acchaṭā, also acchaṭā-saṃghāta (= Pali and AMg. accharā, Pali also accharā-saṃghāta), once acchaṭā-saṃhāta (see saṃhāta)
cf. ricchaṭā (for ṛcchaṭā? which could be the original of acchaṭā),
(1) snap of the fingers: ekācchatā ye (so read with WT) ca karonti śabdam SP 〔392.6〕
acchaṭā-śabdena Divy 〔555.21〕
°śabdaḥ Mvy 〔2802〕
°śabdam akārṣīt, snapped his fingers, Gv 〔510.22〕
°saṃghāta-śabdaḥ SP 〔388.8〕
(2) as n. of a small unit of time, instant, jiffy: °ṭā (printed °ṭāṃ in 〔160.7〕, wrongly) tvaritā gatiḥ Mmk 〔160.7〕
〔279.23〕
once as nt. (see acchaṭa), °ṭam Mmk 〔159.23〕
various adverbs, in a jiffy, acchaṭāmātreṇa Mmk 〔79.27〕
°ṭā-samghātamātram Mvy 〔8226〕
Divy 〔142.11〕
°ṭā-pada-mātram Mmk 〔268.18〕
ekācchaṭāsaṃhātamātram Śikṣ 〔214.11〕
as adj., having or characterized by the measure of a finger-snap, i.e. in a jiffy, agreeing with personal subject, (Mañjuśrīḥ …) °ṭāsaṃghātamātro vikurvaṇaṃ samāpadyata Mmk 〔3.27〕.