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Atha,(indecl.) [Sk.atha,cp.atho] copulative & adversative part.1.after positive clauses,in enumerations,in the beginning & continuation of a story:and,and also,or; and then,now D.II,2; III,152,199 (athâparaṁ etad avoca); M.I,435; Sn.1006,1007,1017; Sn.p.126 (athâparaṁ etad avoca:and further,something else); Dh.69,119,377; J.II,158; Pv.II,64; PvA.3,8 (atha na and not),70.-- 2.after negative clauses:but M.I,430; Sn.990,1047; Dh.85,136,387; PvA.68.Often combd. with other part.,e.g.atha kho (pos.& neg.) now,and then; but,rather,moreover Vin.I,1; D.I,141,167,174; A.V,195; PvA.79,221,251.na-atha kho na neither-nor PvA.28.atha kho pana and yet D.I,139.atha ca pana on the other hand J.I,279.atha vā or (after prec.ca),nor (after prec.na) Sn.134; Dh.140,271; Pv.I,41; II,14.athā vā pi Sn.917,921.(Page 25)