feminine · mattā 1 · mattā 2
quantity
a measure; quantity; moderation; size
Mattā (feminine) [Vedic mātrā, of mā] measure, quantity, right measure, moderation Snp 971 (mattaṃ so jaññā); Dhp I 35 (mattā ti pamāṇaṃ vuccati). — Ablative mattaso in °kārin doing in moderation, doing moderately Pp 37 (= pamānena padesa-mattam eva karontī ti).In compounds shortened to matta°; -aṭṭhiya (mattaṭṭhiya = °atthika) desirous of moderation, moderate Thag 922; -ññu knowing the right measure, moderate, temperate (bhojane or bhojanamhi in eating) A II 40; Snp 338; Pp 25; Dhp 8. Cf. jāgariyā; -ññutā moderation (in eating) D III 213; Nidd I 483; Dhp 185; Pp 25; Vibh 249, 360; Dhs 1348; Dhp-a II 238; -sukha ( metri causa : mattā-sukha) measured happiness, i.e. small happiness Dhp 290 (cf. Dhp-a III 449).
(fem, fem, abstr, from mināti) measure; measurement; quantity; modicum; degree (of) measure, quantity, size Construction: √mā + tā
(fem, fem, abstr, from mināti) moderation; correct measure moderation Construction: √mā + tā