accharā
Accharā,1 (f.) [etym. uncertain,but certainly dialectical; Trenckner connects it with ācchurita (Notes 76); Childers compares Sk. akṣara (see akkhara); there may be a connection with akkhaṇa in akkhaṇa-vedhin (cp. BSk. acchaṭā Divy 555),or possibly a relation to ā + tsar,thus meaning “stealthily”,although the primary meaning is “snapping,a quick sound”] the snapping of the fingers,the bringing together of the finger-tips:1. (lit.) accharaṁ paharati to snap the fingers J.II,447; III,191; IV,124,126; V,314; VI,366; DhA.I,38,424. -- As measure:as much as one may hold with the finger-tips,a pinch J.V,385; DhA.II,273 (°gahaṇamattaṁ); cp. ekacchara-matta DhA.II,274. -- 2. (fig.) a finger’s snap,i. e. a short moment,in ek°acchara-kkhaṇe in one moment Miln.102,and in def. of acchariya (q. v.) at DA.I,43; VvA.329.
--saṅghāta the snapping of the fingers as signifying a short duration of time,a moment,°matta momentary,only for one moment (cp. BSk. acchaṭāsaṅghāta Divy 142) A.I,10,34,38; IV,396; Th.1,405; 2,67 (expld. at ThA.76 as ghaṭikāmattam pi khaṇaṁ aṅgulipoṭhanamattaṁ pi kālaṁ). --sadda the sound of the snapping of a finger J.III,127. (Page 9)