Nānatta (nt. m.) [Sk. nānatva; abstr. fr. nānā] diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. M i.364: "the multiformity of sensuous impressions," M.A.). Enumn of diversity as nānattā, viz. dhātu˚ phassa˚ vedanā˚ saññā˚ sankappa˚ chanda˚ pariḷāha˚ pariyesanā˚ lābha˚ D iii.289; S ii.140 sq., cp. iv.113 sq., 284 sq.; Ps i.87. -- A iv.385; Ps i.63 sq., 88 sq.; S ii.115 (vedanā˚); Ps i.91 (samāpatti˚ & vihāra˚); J ii.265. In composition, substituted sometimes for nāna. Cp. Dialogues i.14, n. 2.

 -- kathā desultory talk, gossip D i.8; (=niratthakakathā DA i.90); S v.420; -- kāya (adj.) having a variety of bodies or bodily states (combd with or opp. to ekatta˚, nānatta -- saññin, & ekatta -- saññin), appl. to manussā, devā, vinipātikā (cp. nava sattâvāsā) A iv.39 sq.=Nd2 5702; D iii.253, 263, 282; -- saññāconsciousness 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; Ai.41, 267; ii.184; iii.306; Ps ii.172; Dhs 265 (cp. trsl. p. 72); Vbh 342, 369; -- saññin having a varying consciousness (cp. ˚kāya), D i.31 (cp. DA i.119) 183;iii.263.