Ātanka [etym. uncertain; Sk. ātanka] illness, sickness, disease M i.437; S iii.1; Sn 966 (˚phassa, cp. Nd1 486). Freq. in cpd. appātanka freedom from illness, health (cp. appābādha) D i.204; iii.166; A iii.65, 103; Miln 14. -- f. abstr. appātankatā M i.124.