Pātar
Pātar,(adv.) [Vedic prātar,der.fr.*prō,*prā,cp.Lat.prandium (fr.prām-ediom=pātar-āsa); Gr.prwi/ early; Ohg.fruo=Ger.früh] early in the morning,in foll.forms:(1) pātar (before vowels),only in cpd.°āsa morning meal,breakfast [cp.BSk.prātar-aśana Divy 631] D.III,94; Sn.387; J.I,232; VvA.294,308; SnA 374 (pāto asitabbo ti pātar-āso piṇḍa-pātass’etaṁ nāmaṁ).-- katapātarāsa (adj.) after breakfast J.I,227; VI,349 (°bhetta); Vism.391.-- (2) pāto (abs.) D.III,94; DhA.II,60; PvA.54,126,128; pāto va right early J.I,226; VI,180.-- (3) pātaṁ S.I,183; II,242; Th.2,407.‹-› Note.Should piṇḍa-pāta belong here,as suggested by Bdhgh at SnA 374 (see above)? See detail under piṇḍa.(Page 451)