While I lack what it takes to become a Pali expect, particular issues
occasionally intrigue with regard to Buddhist scriptures.

Perhaps somebody here could settle a curiosity with regard to

Attanance piyam janna
rakkheyya nam surakkhitam
tinnam annataram yamam1
patijaggeyya pandito.

http://www.tipitaka.net/tipitaka/dhp/verseload.php?verse=157

The problem is that "Attanance" does not especially appear in a Pali
dictionary, nor is a google.com search so fruitful.

Is "Attanance" a variation of the accusative tense of "Attan" or is
there more than that to be inferred?

-- RH.