Aṭṭhamaka = aṭṭhama the eighth. -- 1. lit. Miln 291 (att˚ self -- eighth). -- 2. as tt. the eighth of eight persons who strive after the highest perfection, reckoned from the first or Arahant. Hence the eighth is he who stands on the lowest step of the Path and is called a sotāpanna (q. v.) Kvu 243 -- 251 (cp. Kvu trsl. 146 sq.); Nett 19, 49, 50; Ps ii.193 (+ sotāpanna).