Khatta
Khatta，（nt．） [Sk．kṣatra，to kṣi，cp．Gr．ktάomai，kthμa，possession] rule，power，possession； only in cpds．：
--dhamma the law of ruling，political science J．V，490 （is it khattu°=khattā°?） --vijjā polity D．I，9，condemned as a practice of heretics．Bdhgh at DA．I，93 explains it as nīti-sattha，political science （=°dhamma），See Rh．D．Dialogues I．18．--vijjavādin a person who inculcates Macchiavellian tricks J．V，228 （paraphrased：mātāpitaro pi māretvā attano va attho kāmetabbo ti “even at the expense of killing father and mother is wealth to be desired for oneself”），so also J．V，240； --vijjācariya one who practises kh- °vijjā ibid．； --vida （so read for °vidha）=°vijja （adj．） a tricky person，ibid．（v．l．°vijja，better）．Cp．Sk．kṣātra-vidya．（Page 232）