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āyata

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Āyata [Sk. āyata, pp. of ā + yam, cp. āyamati] -- 1. (adj.) outstretched, extended, long, in length (with numeral) D iii.73 (ñātikkhaya, prolonged or heavy?); M i.178 (dīghato ā˚; tiriyañ ca vitthata); J i.77, 273 (tettiŋsɔ -- angulɔāyato khaggo); iii.438; Vv 8415 (˚aŋsa; cp. expln. at VvA 339); SnA 447; DhsA 48; PvA 152 (dāṭhā fangs; lomā hair), 185 (˚vaṭṭa); Sdhp 257. -- 2. (n.) a bow J iii.438.

-- agga having its point (end) stretched forward, i. e. in the future (see āyati) It 15, 52. -- paṇhin having long eye -- lashes (one of the signs of a Mahāpurisa) D ii.17 = iii.143. -- pamha a long eye -- lash Th 2, 384 (= dīghapakhuma ThA 250).