adjective (f. ~ā & ettikā)
this much
Ettaka (adjective) [etta + ka, contrasting-comparative function, cf. tattaka] — so much, this much, according to context referring either to deficiency or abundance, thus developing 2 meanings, viz. 1. just as much (and no more), only so little, all this, just this, such a small number, a little; plural so few, just so many D I 117 (opposite aparimāṇa), 124; A IV 114; Nidd II §304 III (ettakena na tussati is not satisfied with this much); Vv 79 12 (cf. Vv-a 307); Miln 10, 18 (alaṃ ettakena enough of this much); Dhp-a I 90 (enough, this much), 93, 399 (plural ettakā); II 54 (only one), 174 f.; Vv-a 233 (a little), 323. — ettakaṃ kālaṃ a short time (but see also under 2) Ja I 34; Dhp-a II 20. 2. ever so much (and not less), so much, plural so many, ever so many, so and so many, such a lot A III 337; Ja I 207 (plural ettakā), 375 (neuter ettakaṃ); III 80 (the same), 94 (°ṃ dhanaṃ such great wealth); Miln 37 (plural); Dhp-a I 392, 396 (plural feminine ettikā), 397, 398; II 14, 89 (plural), 241 (plural so many); Vv-a 65 (dhanaṃ). — ettakaṃ kālaṃ for some time, such a long time (see also above, under 1) Dhp-a II 62, 81; III 318; Vv-a 330.
ettaka , f. °akā, °ikā , adj. (= Pali id. ; origin of formation disputed; one theory Geiger 27.7 ; cf. next), so great, so much ; pl. so many : ( sg. ) SP 208.8 ( vs ) triguṇaṃ tato ettakam eva kālam; Śikṣ 174.15 (prose) ettakā ( f. ) guṇānuśaṃsā; ettakena kṣaṇavītihāreṇa, in just so large (here = no larger, so small ) an instant-passage (of time), Mv i.56.9 ; iii.425.16, 22 ; 450.16 ; (same phrase i.55.14 , Senart ettakena but mss. ekena which is quite sound, as parallels cited s.v. vītihāra, vyatihāra prove; note also i.55.2 ekakṣaṇena padavītihāreṇa;) ettako 'yam … dharmo, (is) this all of … (?) Mv ii.118.14, 16 ; ettakasya janakāyasya, of such a great crowd , ii.157.17 ; ettakaṃ prāṇavadhaṃ ii.99.2 ; °kaṃ hiraṇyasuvarṇaṃ ii.169.6 ; ettaka-mātram arhāmi, do I deserve only so much? ii.64.10 ; pl. so many , Mv i.18.2 f. (five times); 126.6 ; ii.98.17 ; 347.13 ; 380.22 (ettikā, f. , with mss. ); iii.131.16 ; Suv 11.8 ; 12.3 (both vss ); in Mv i.77.14 mss. ettakā kalpā or ettakaṃ kalpānāṃ, in so-and-so-many kalpas . On Mv iii.277.13 (one ms. ettikā, f. pl. ) see s.v. ettiya .
such; so much, so great; so many; this much (expressing a total); just so much, only so much (and no more)
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(adj, adj, from etta) so much; this much; so long this much, so much Construction: ima + tta + ka etta + ka