Atthi dinnaṃ, atthi yiṭṭhaṃ, atthi hutaṃ
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This extract is usually translated as:
"There is what is given and what is offered and what is sacrificed". (MN 117)
However, from the etymology below, the following translation seems more adequate:
"There is what is to be honored; there is what is to be respected (regarded as good); there is what is to be worshipped".
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Dinna
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Pali:
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Dinna - [Sk.dinna,pp.of dadāti]
- given,granted,presented etc.,in all meanings of dadāti q.v. - esp.of giving alms.
Sanskrit:
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dadāti found as inflected form:
{ pr. [3] ac. sg. 3 } of dā.
√ दा dā
- to give , bestow , grant , yield , impart , present , offer to RV.
- "to grant a boon" ŚBr. KātyŚr. MBh.
And/Or
दिन्न dinna prob. = diṇṇa ( q.v.)
दिण्ण diṇṇa a Prākṛit form for datta.
दत्त datta (√ de )
- protected
- honoured
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Yiṭṭha
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Pali:
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Yiṭṭha,[pp.of yajati; Vedic iṣṭa]
- having sacrificed.
Sanskrit:
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इष्ट iṣṭa (iṣṭá)
- reverenced, respected, regarded as good (Mn.)
- cherished (RV. ŚBr. KātyŚr. Mn.)
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Huta
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Pali:
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Huta,[pp.of juhati]
- sacrificed,worshipped,offered.
Sanskrit:
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हुत huta [pp. hu]
- sacrificed.
- to who is given an oblation.
√ हु hu
- worship or honour (acc.) with (RV.)
- to be honoured (with sacrifice) (GṛŚrS.)
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