anattan.
/ˌanəˈtɑː/, /ˈanətɑː/, /əˈnɑːtɑː/, U.S. /ˌænəˈtɑ/, /ˈænəˌtɑ/, /əˈnɑˌtɑ/ Buddhism.
Esp. in Theravada Buddhism: the absence of any enduring, unified self that presides over the series of fleeting perceptions, volitions, thoughts, and sensations that constitute the experience of any living being. Cf. anatman n., no-self n.One of the three fundamental aspects of existence, together with anicca (anicca n.) and dukkha (dukkha n.).In Mahayana Buddhism the related term anatman n. is typically used.
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1904 Buddhism 1 368 And so we learn at last the secret of Anatta, seeing the Self thus transitory and ever-changing; wrought but of thoughts that rise and pass in swift succession.
1936 Maha-Bodhi Sept. 415 The Anatta doctrine as formulated in Buddhism..is only the plain blunt statement that to depart from self is to depart from illusion, from what is false, untrue, unreal.
1987 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times 6 June 2 e The doctrine of anatta, unsubstantiality, rules out both a soul and an Eternal Being.
2005 Buddhist-Christian Stud. 25 11 The Buddhist concept of anatta challenges the idea of enduring personal identity.
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anattaanatton.
An orange-red dye, procured in Central America from the waxy pulp surrounding the seeds of the Bixa orellana; used in dyeing, and for colouring cheese.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > red colouring matter > [noun] > dyes and dyestuffs > orange-red dye
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achiote1648
roucou1660
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notty1725
1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal Soc. 299 Arnotto Dyeth of it self an Orang-colour, is used with Pot-ashes upon Silk, Linnen, and Cottons.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World viii. 226 Otta, or Anatta, is a red sort of Dye.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Annotto, in commerce, a kind of red dye, brought from the West Indies.
1770 W. Guthrie New Geogr. Gram. (T.) Arnatto is mixed up by the Spanish Americans with their chocolate.
1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 64 Spanish-Annatto..is much the best for Cheese-colouring.
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Art of Dyeing I. Introd. 20 Substances..useful in dyeing..anotta, logwood.
1791 W. Hamilton tr. C.-L. Berthollet Art of Dyeing II. 130 Annotta.
1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. Introd. 32 Pepper-bags, and baskets of anatto.
1852 T. Ross tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. Amer. I. ix. 308 His skin besmeared with annatto.
1863 H. W. Bates Naturalist on River Amazons I. vi. 222 The red [tints are made] with the seeds of the Urucú, or anatto plant.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Anotta or Arnotto.
1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 212 Good arnotto is of the colour of fire.
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