Mata1 [pp. of maññati] thought, understood, considered (as= -- ˚), only late in use Vbh 2 (hīna˚ paṇīta˚, doubtful reading); Sdhp 55; Mhvs 25, 55 (tassā matena according to her opinion); 25, 110 (pasu -- samā matā, pl. considered like beasts). Cp. sam˚. -- Note. Does mata -- sāyika at Th 1, 501 (=Miln 367) belong under this mata? Then mata would have to be taken as nt. meaning "thought, thinking," but the phrase is not without objection both semantically & syntactically. Mrs. Rh. D. (Brethren, p. 240) trsls "nesting -- place of thought."