adjective (f. -ikā)
Tāvataka (adjective) [derivation from tāva] just so much or just so long (viz. as the situation requires), with (or elliptically without) a corresponding yāvataka Vin I 83 (yāvatake ... t. as many .. as): D II 18 (yāvatakv'assa kāyo tāvatakv'assa vyāmo as tall as is his body so far can he stretch his arms: the 19th sign of a Mahāpurisa); instrumental as adverb tāvatakena after a little time Miln 107; Dhp-a III 61. — See also tattaka (contracted of tāvataka).
just so much; just so long
(adj, adj, from tāvata) just this much; just so much however many Construction: tāva + ta + aka tāvata + aka