Chatta

1. Chatta.-A youth, son of the brahmin of the Nānacchanda Jātaka. He received from the king a chariot drawn by lilywhite thoroughbreds. J.ii.428f.

2. Chatta.-Son of the king of Kosala. His story is given in the Brahā-chatta Jātaka.

3. Chatta.-A brahmin youth of Setavyā. He studied under Pokkharasāti at Ukkatthā and, having finished his course; returned home for money wherewith to pay his teacher. On the way back to Setavyā he was met by the Buddha, who taught him three stanzas, on the virtues of the Buddha, the Dhamma and the Sangha, and made him take the five precepts. As he proceeded along his road, Chatta was attacked by robbers and killed. He was reborn in Tāvatimsa, and when all his relations, his teacher and others were assembled for his funeral ceremony, he came into their midst, conveyed by his thirty-league vimāna, and made obeisance to the Buddha who was present, and declared to him his great indebtedness for his compassion. The Buddha preached to the assembled multitude, and Chatta and his parents became Sotāpannas. Vv.v.3; VvA.229ff; the story is often quoted - e.g., Sp.i.172; MA.i.256; and the stanzas taught by the Buddha, as mentioned above, have become famous - e.g., DA.i.230; MA.i.107; AA.i.303.

4. Chatta.-A Tamil general of Elāra in charge of the fort at Mahiyangana. He was killed by Dutthagāmani. Mhv.xxv.7.

Dictionary of Pali Proper Names, G P Malalasekera (1899-1973), which is available as printed version from

chatta : [nt.] umbrella; sunshade; the royal canopy.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Chatta1 (nt.) [late Vedic chattra=*chad -- tra, covering to chad, see chādati] a sunshade ("parasol" would be misleading. The handle of a chatta is affixed at the circumference, not at the centre as it is in a parasol), a canopy Vin i.152; ii.114; D i.7≈; ii.15 (seta˚, under which Gotama is seated); J i.267 (seta˚); iv.16; v.383; vi.370; Sn 688, 689; Miln 355; DhA i.380 sq.; DA i.89; PvA 47. -- Esp. as seta˚ the royal canopy, one of the 5 insignia regis (setachatta -- pamukhaŋ pañcavidhaŋ rāja -- kakudhabhaṇḍaŋ PvA 74), see kakudhabhaṇḍa. J vi.4, 223, 389; ˚ŋ ussāpeti to unfold the r. canopy PvA 75; DhA i.161, 167. See also paṇṇa˚.
   -- daṇḍa the handle of a sunshade DhA iii.212; -- nāḷi the tube or shaft (of reeds or bamboo) used for the making of sunshades M ii.116; -- mangala the coronation festival J iii.407; DhA iii.307; VvA 66.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

Chatta2 [cp. Sk. chātra, one who carries his master's sun- shade] a pupil, a student J ii.428.

Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,

chatta: n. 遮陽的物品

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