1 A room on the top of the house; but it is also applicable to other structures; as the back of an edifice, a fortified place in front of a building, a room on the top of a temporary hall, or a particular kind of building.
Aṭṭa, ind. high, lofty, loud; (as), m. top-heavy (?), exceeding; shaking; injuring; N. of a Yakṣa; (as,am), m. n. addition to a building, apartment on the roof, upper story; tower, buttress, back of a building; (corruption of haṭṭa), a market, a market-place; (ā), f. overbearing conduct ?; (am), n. (corruption of anna ?), boiled rice, food; (as, ā, am), dried, dry. —Aṭṭa-pati-bhāgākhya-gṛha-kṛtya (°ga-ākh°),am, n. business of the house called the market- master's department (an office in Kashmir). —Aṭṭa-sthalī, f. (site of an aṭṭa), a name. —Aṭṭa-hasita,am, n. loud laughter, a horse-laugh. —Aṭṭa-hāsa,as, m. idem; a name of Śiva. —Aṭṭa-hāsaka, as, m., N. of a shrub, Jasminum Multiflorum or Hirsutum. —Aṭṭa-hāsin, ī, m. epithet of Śiva. —Aṭṭa-hāsya,am, n. loud laughter; a horse-laugh. —Aṭṭāṭṭa-hāsa(°ṭṭa-aṭṭ°), as, m. very loud laughter.
aṭṭaa. [aṭṭayati anādriyate anyat yatra; aṭṭ-ghañ] 1 High, lofty; loud. 2 Frequent, constant (in comp). 3 Dried, dry. —ṭṭaḥ ṭṭaṃ [ādhāre ghañ] 1 An apartment on the roof or upper story, a garret. 2 A turret, buttress, tower; gopura° Māl. 9. 1; nareṃdramārgāṭṭaïva R. 6. 67, 16. 11. 3 A market-place, market (probably for haṭṭa). 4 A fine linen cloth. 5 A palace, palatial building. 6 Killing, injuring. 7 Excess, superiority. —ṭṭaṃ Food, boiled rice; aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ Mb. (aṭṭaṃ annaṃ śūlaṃ vikreyaṃ yeṣāṃ te Nīlakaṇṭha). Comp.—aṭṭahāsaḥ very loud laughter. —sthalī [aṭṭapradhānāsthalī śāka. ta.] a place or country full of palaces &c. —hāsaḥ, —hasitaṃ, hāsyaṃ [karma°] a loud or boisterous laughter, a horse-laugh, cachinnation, usually of Śiva; tryaṃbakasya Me. 58; giriśa° Dk. 1. —hāsin [aṭṭaṃ hasati-has-ṇini] 1 N. of Śiva. 2 one who laughs very loudly. —hāsakaḥ [aṭṭahāsena kāyate; kai-ka] N. of a plant (kuṃda) Jasminum Multiflorum or Hirsutum ( śubhrapuṣpatvācchubhrahāsatulyatā).
1. A room on the top of the house; but it is also applic- cable to other structures; as the black of an edifice, a fortified place in front of a building, a room on the top of a temporary hall, or a particular kind of building.
aṭṭaa. [aṭṭayati anādriyate anyat yatra; aṭṭ-ghañ] 1 High, lofty; loud. -2 Frequent, constant (in comp). -3 Dried, dry. -ṭṭaḥ-ṭṭam [ādhāre ghañ] 1 An apartment on the roof of upper story, a garret. -2 cf. aṭṭaṃ bhitticatuṣke syātkṣāme'tyarthe gṛhāntare | Nm. A turret, buttress, tower; gopura˚ uttuṅgasaudhasuramandiragopurāṭṭasaṃghaṭṭa... || Māl.9.1; narendramārgāṭṭa iva R.6.67,16.11. na santyaṭṭāstathā cāsya na hyasti parikhā tathā | ato na durgamaṃ durgamayo jānīta sainikāḥ || Śiva. B.13.78. -3 A marketplace, market (probably for haṭṭa). -4 A fine linen cloth. -5 A palace, palatial building. -6 Killing, injuring. -7 Excess, superiority. -ṭṭam Food, boiled rice; aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ Mb. (aṭṭaṃ annaṃ śūlaṃ vikreyaṃ yeṣāṃ te Nīlakaṇṭha) -Comp. -aṭṭahāsaḥ very loud laughter. -sthalī [aṭṭapradhānā sthalī śāka. ta.] a place or country full of palaces &c. -hāsaḥ, -hasitam, -hāsyam [karma˚] a loud or boisterous laughter, a horse-laugh, cachinnation, usually of Śiva; tryambakasya Me.58; giriśa˚ Dk.1. -hāsin [aṭṭaṃ hasati-has-ṇini] 1 N. of Śiva. -2 one who laughs very loudly. -hāsakaḥ [aṭṭahāsena kāyate; kai-ka] N. of a plant (kunda) Jasminum Multiflorum or Hirsutum (śubhrapuṣpatvācchubhrahāsatulyatā).
a) = kṣauma AK. 2, 2, 11. (= talpa 3, 4, 133) TRIK. 3, 3, 91. H. 981 (nach den Sch. m. n.) MED. ṭ. 1 (auch = gṛhāntaraein Art Haus). ein Pavillon auf dem Söller eines Hauses, nach Andern: ein zur Vertheidigung dienender Thurm auf einer Mauer. Diese letztere Bedeutung scheint das Wort im R. zu haben: purīṃ sāṭṭatoraṇām 5, 56, 142. nagarī laṅkā sāṭṭaprākāratoraṇā 51, 24. 35, 35. papāta sarathastūrṇaṃ purāṭṭa iva bhūtale 6, 18, 39; vgl. aṭṭaka, aṭṭāla, aṭṭālaka .
— b) = haṭṭaMarktplatz H. 1002 (nach den Sch. m. n.).
— c) Uebermaass TRIK. 3, 3, 91. MED. ṭ. 1; vgl. 1. aṭṭa und aṭṭahāsa .
a) °śūlā janapadāḥ (bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye)Vertheidigungsthürme werden die Plagen der Länder sein MBH. 3, 12846. aṭṭamannam tadeva śūlaṃ duḥkhadaṃ yeṣāṃ te kṣudvyādhigrastā ityarthaḥ NĪLAK. aṭṭaśūla n. heisst eine best. Waffe der Durgā MBH. 6, 799. aṭṭa = atyutkaṭa NĪLAK.