Standard metta formula's sabb-atta-tāya

[sujato]

The commonly accepted reading sabbattatā is a mistake. See discussions:

Should monks beware of living with novices?

This makes excellent sense, bhante. I am glad you are not in such a hurry that you don’t have time for this sort of in-depth analysis. Another word which may need a new translation (compared to that of Ven. Bodhi’s) is sabbatt(h)atāya, found in the standard sutta description on how to practice the four brahmavihāras. Ven. Analayo has recently released a study of this word, in which he argues persuasively that it is a synonym for the words sabbadhi and sabbāvantam. (This, of course, would be n…

Does anyone know the difference between sabbatthatāya and sabbattatāya?

sabbatthatāya sabbattatāya Sabbatthatā=> sabbatthatāya: on the whole Ṭhāna=> ; devatāti godhead, sarvatāti=P. sabbattaṁ comprehensiveness; *compare: instrumental. ablative. locative. feminine. singular. āya genitive. dative. feminine. masculine. neuter. singular. āya *compare: Ta°: E. that=> instrumental. tena, f. tāya Iti uddhamadho tiriyaṃ sabbadhi sabbattatāya