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ñattajjhāpanno

ñattajjhāpanna

masc nom sg of ñattajjhāpanna (adj)

1. become well-known; become famous; earned a good reputation; lit. afflicted with celebrity

Built from

• ñatta — root · known, made known
  Past participle of ñāpeti; from √ñā 'to know', cognate with Sanskrit jñā- and English 'know' (Indo-European *gn̥-).
• jhāpanna — root · afflicted, troubled
  Present participle of jhāpeti; from √jhāp 'to burn, scorch', where the image of burning or being scorched expresses the distress of unwanted fame.

Analysis. ñatta (known, made known) + jhāpanna (afflicted, troubled); lit. 'afflicted with being known' — the state of having one's reputation made public, hence celebrity or fame.

Etymology. ñatta is the past participle of ñāpeti (to make known), related to ñānati (to know), cognate with Sanskrit jñā- and English 'know' (all from Indo-European *gn̥-). jhāpanna is the present participle of jhāpeti (to afflict, trouble), from √jhāp (to burn, scorch), with the prefix jhā- (away, off) intensifying the sense of burning or distressing — the image is that of being burned or scorched by notoriety.

Meanings from the Digital Pāḷi Dictionary; morphology and etymology by Claude.

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