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plural chattas
(India) Synonym of umbrella or parasol, particularly an Indian parasol. quotations examples
His air, while sitting on a tiger's skin, under his chatta or umbrella, was perfectly majestic.
1843, Charles James C. Davidson, Diary of Travels and Adventures in Upper India
The dome was crowned by a pedestal 4½ feet square, which supported a chatta about 3½ feet in diameter.
1854, Alexander Cunningham, The Bhilsa topes, or, Buddhist monuments of central India