jitam , apparently interj. or particle, chiefly in phrase: api hi jitaṃ Mv ii.126.9 ; iii.181.14 ; 206.10, 12 ; 209.12 ; this seems to be an expression of astonishment , something like Whoʼd have thought it? That beats all! Once, in Mv iii.286.1 , jitaṃ ( v.l. jidaṃ) occurs by itself; the daughters of Māra, reporting to Māra, say: (any other man than the Bodhisattva, seeing us,) so jitaṃ mūrchitvā prapatiṣyad vā … cittakṣayaṃ vā prāpuṇe (but the B. was unmoved); here too astonishment might be the connotation of the particle; he, good heavens! would have fallen down fainting …, or lost his wits . No etymology is apparent for the word.