neuter · chatta 1 · chatta 2
umbrella
Chatta 1 (neuter) [late Vedic chattra = *chad-tra, covering to chad, see chādati] a sunshade ("parasol" would be misleading. The handle of a chatta is affixed at the circumference, not at the centre as it is in a parasol), a canopy Vin I 152; II 114; D I 7; II 15 (seta°, under which Gotama is seated); Ja I 267 (seta°); IV 16; V 383; VI 370; Snp 688, 689; Miln 355; Dhp-a I 380 f.; Sv I 89; Pv-a 47. — Especially as seta° the royal canopy, one of the 5 royal insignia (setachatta-pamukhaṃ pañcavidhaṃ rāja-kakudhabhaṇḍaṃ Pv-a 74), see kakudhabhaṇḍa. Ja VI 4, 223, 389; °ṃ ussāpeti to unfold the r. canopy Pv-a 75; Dhp-a I 161, 167. See also paṇṇa°. -daṇḍa the handle of a sunshade Dhp-a III 212; -nāḷi the tube or shaft (of reeds or bamboo) used for the making of sunshades M II 116; -maṅgala the coronation festival Ja III 407; Dhp-a III 307; Vv-a 66. Chatta 2 [cf. Sanskrit chātra, one who carries his master's sunshade] a pupil, a student Ja II 428.
umbrella; sunshade; a parasol; a parasol erected on a thūpa; a parasol as a sign of sovereignty; especially as part of the regalia of a king; chattaṁ ussāpetuṁ, to raise the royal parasol (equivalent to “crown” or “be crowned”); the parasol as the symbol of the royal power (“the crown”, “the throne”)
【中】 傘，遮陽傘，王室天篷。~kāra,【陽】 製傘者。~gāhaka,【陽】 攜帶主人的傘者。~nāḷi,【陰】 ~daṇda,【陽】 傘柄。~pāṇī,【陽】 攜 帶傘者。~maṅgala,【中】 加冕典禮，爲寶塔頂安置小尖塔的典禮。~ussapana,【中】 升起王室天篷，即：佔領王座。
(nt, nt, pp of chādeti) sunshade; parasol (symbol of prestige) sunshade, royal canopy [lit.] covered Construction: √chad + ta
(nt, nt, from chādeti) umbrella umbrella Construction: √chad + ta
(masc, masc, pp of chādeti) student [lit.] covered Construction: √chad + ta