ā́-tā m. f. the frame of a door, [RV. ix, 5, 5] [instr. pl. ā́-tais; v.l. ā-tābhis, Comm. on [Nir. iv, 18]] & [VS. xxix, 5] (instr. pl. ā́-tais);
‘the frame’ i.e. a quarter of the sky, [RV.] (nom. pl. ā́-tās; loc. pl. ā́-tāsu).
ā́-tā and ā-tāna See ā-√ tan.