feminine
aspiration
aiming at; aspiration; desire
Patthanā (feminine) [from pa + arth, cf. Sanskrit prārthayati and prārthana neuter, prārthanā f.] aiming at, wish, desire, request, aspiration, prayer S II 99, 154; A I 224; III 47; V 212; Nidd I 316, 337 (p. vuccati taṇhā); Nidd II §112; Nett 18, 27; Dhs 1059; Miln 3; Pj II 47, 50; Dhp-a II 36; Pv-a 47. — patthanaṃ karoti to make a wish Ja I 68; Dhp-a I 48; °ṃ ṭhapeti the same Dhp-a I 47; II 83; IV 200.
【陰】 瞄準,熱望,欲望。
(fem, fem, abstr, act, from pattheti) intending; wishing; aspiring; praying; longing aiming at, aspiration, desire [lit.] actively wishing for Construction: pa + √atth + anā