Mānatta (nt.) [a doubtful word, prob. corrupted out of something else, maybe omānatta, if taken as der. fr. māna1. If however taken as belonging to māna2 as an abstr. der., it might be expld as "measuring, taking measures," which suits the context better. The BSk. form is still more puzzling, viz. mānāpya "something pleasant": Mvyut § 265] a sort of penance, attached to the commission of a sanghādisesa offence DhsA 399 (+parivāsa). ˚ŋ deti to inflict penance on somebody Vin ii.7 (+parivāsaŋ deti); iv.225. mānatt' âraha deserving penance Vin ii.55, 162 (parivāsika+). See on term Vin. Texts ii.397.