AMg. accharā, Pali also accharā-saṃghāta), once ac-
chaṭā-saṃhāta (see saṃhāta); cf. ricchaṭā (for ṛcch-
aṭā? which could be the original of acchaṭā), (1)
snap of the fingers: ekācchatā ye (so read with WT) ca
karonti śabdam SP 392.6; acchaṭā-śabdena Divy 555.21;
°śabdaḥ Mvy 2802; °śabdam akārṣīt, snapped his fingers,
Gv 510.22; °saṃghāta-śabdaḥ SP 388.8; (2) as n. of a
small unit of time, instant, jiffy: °ṭā (printed °ṭāṃ in
160.7, wrongly) tvaritā gatiḥ Mmk 160.7; 279.23; once
as nt. (see acchaṭa), °ṭam Mmk 159.23; various adverbs,
in a jiffy, acchaṭāmātreṇa Mmk 79.27; °ṭā-samghāta-
mātram Mvy 8226; Divy 142.11; °ṭā-pada-mātram Mmk
268.18; ekācchaṭāsaṃhātamātram Śikṣ 214.11; as adj.,
having or characterized by the measure of a finger-snap, i.e.
in a jiffy, agreeing with personal subject, (Mañjuśrīḥ…)
°ṭāsaṃghātamātro…vikurvaṇaṃ…samāpadyata
Mmk 3.27.