The corpus record — Pali

Issatthaṁ

Issattha

(nt. m.) (nt.) archery (as means of livelihood & occupation) MN.i.85 ; MN.iii.1 ; SN.i.100 (so read with variant reading; T has issatta, C. explains by usu-sippaṃ K. S. p. 318); Snp.617 (˚ṃ upajīvati = āvudha jīvikaṃ Snp-a.466 ); Ja.vi.81 Sdhp.390 . (m.) an archer Mil.250 , Mil.305 , Mil.352 , Mil.4

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What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

(nt. m.)

(nt.) archery (as means of livelihood & occupation) MN.i.85; MN.iii.1; SN.i.100 (so read with variant reading; T has issatta, C. explains by usu-sippaṃ K. S. p. 318); Snp.617 (˚ṃ upajīvati = āvudha jīvikaṃ Snp-a.466); Ja.vi.81 Sdhp.390.
(m.) an archer Mil.250, Mil.305, Mil.352, Mil.418.

cp. Sk. iṣvastra nt. bow, fr. iṣu (= P. usu) an arrow + as to throw. Cp. P. issāsa
■ Bdhgh in a strange way dissects it as “usuñ ca satthañ cā ti vuttaṃ hoti” (i.e. usu arrow + sattha sword, knife) Snp-a.466

In the wild

Issatthaṁ Sutta Nipata 3.9 (snp3.9:29.2)

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