1. A type of Anācāra (2) (gross transgression of ascetic conduct);
to use umbrella in order to avoid rain and heat of the sun.
......chattaṃ ca..........taṃ vijjāṃ parijāṇiyā.... ātapādinivāraṇāya chatraṃ........karmopādānakāranatvena Jṅānavijaya parijnāya pratyākhyānaparijnayā pariharediti.
(Sūtra 1.9.18 Vṛ)
2. A kind of Mahāprātihārya (supernatural magni-ficence of the Tīrthankara (ford founder)); one of the thirty-four Atiśayas (superhuman magnificence) of the Tīrthaṅkara); when the Tīrthaṅkara deli-vers sermons, three um-brellas (shields against the heat of the sun) are spread in the sky (one above the other like three-tier) above the head of the Tīrthankara by the gods; (it is one of the thirty-four Atiśayas.
kaṃkilli kusumavuṭṭhī devajjhuṇi cāmarā"saṇāiṃ ca.
bhāvalaya bheri chattaṃ jayaṃti jiṇapāḍiherāiṃ......bhūrbhuvaḥsvastrayaikasāmrājyasaṃsūcakaṃ
śaridindukimdakumndāvadātaṃ......chatratrayama
tipavitramāsūtryate.
(Prasā 440 Vṛ Pa 106)
āgāsagayaṃ chattaṃ.
(Sama 34.1.7)