Nānatta
References:
Mulapariyaya Resources
[MN 1]
PTS: Middle Length Sayings I, #1: Discourse on the Synopsis of Fundamentals, Horner, trans., pp 3.
WP: Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha: The Root of All Things, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi, trans., pp 83
Examining the Mulapariyaya — Analysis
The Root Sequence, Bhikkhu Thanissaro, translation of the Mulapariyaya
| Pāḷi | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nānatta | multiplicity | diversity | diversity | multiplicity |
Pāḷi Text Society
Pāḷi English Dictionary
Edited by T. W. Rhys Davids and William Stede
[EDITED ENTRY]
Nānatta: [Sk. nanatva; abstr. fr. nānā] diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. M I.364: "the multiformity of sensuous impressions,"...). Enumn of diversity as nānattā, viz. dhātuḥ phassaḥ vedanāḥ saññāḥ sankappaḥ chandaḥ pari'āhaḥ pariyesanāḥ lābhaḥ D III.289; S II.140 sq., cp. IV.113 sq., 284 sq.... -- A IV.385... In composition, substituted sometimes for nāna. Cp. Dialogues I.14, n. 2.
-kathā desultory talk, gossip D I.8; S V.420
-kāya (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
-saññā 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...
