N¤natta: (nt. m.) [Sk. nanatva; abstr. fr. n¤n¤] diversity, variety, manifoldness, multiformity, distraction; all sorts of (opp. ekatta, cp. M I.364: "the multiformity of sensuous impressions," M.A.). Enumn of diversity as n¤natt¤, viz. dh¤tu° phassa° vedan¤° sa¾¾¤° sankappa° chanda° pari²¤ha° pariyesan¤° l¤bha° D III.289; S II.140 sq., cp. IV.113 sq., 284 sq.; Ps I.87. -- A IV.385; Ps I.63 sq., 88 sq.; S II.115 (vedan¤°); Ps I.91 (sam¤patti° & vih¤ra°); J II.265. In composition, substituted sometimes for n¤na. Cp. Dialogues I.14, n. 2.
-kath¤ desultory talk, gossip D I.8; S V.420
-k¤ya (adj.) having a variety of bodies or bodily states (combd with or opp. to ekatta°...), appl. to manussa, deva, vinipatika (cp. nava sattavasa) A IV.39 sq.=Nd2 5702; D III.253, 263, 282
-sa¾¾¤ consciousness of diversity (Rh. D.: "idea of multiformity," Dial. II.119; Mrs. Rh. D. "consciousness of the manifold") M I.3; S IV.113 sq.; D III.224, 262 sq., 282; A I.41, 267; II.184; III.306; Ps II.172; Dhs 265 (cp. trsl. p. 72); Vbh 342, 369