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ābhujitvā

gerund (absolutive, indeclinable past participle) of ābhujati; = 'having bent/folded', used with an accusative object (e.g. pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā)

  1. having bent; having folded

Analysis. ā- (prefix, 'towards, back, up') + bhuj ('to bend') + -itvā (gerund suffix); the stereotyped canonical phrase nisīdi pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya satiṃ parimukhaṃ upaṭṭhapetvā = 'he sat down, having folded his legs crosswise, having set his body erect, having established mindfulness to the fore' — the standard opening of the meditation formula (Ānāpānassati, Satipaṭṭhāna, DN 22, MN 10, MN 118, etc.)

Etymology. From Skt. ā-bhujati, root BHUJ (bhuj-1) 'to bend, curve' (distinct from bhuj-2 'to enjoy, eat'); cf. Pāli ābhoga 'bending round, thought', bhujaga 'snake' (lit. 'going crookedly'), bhogī 'coiled one'. IE *bheug(h)- 'bend', cf. Gothic biugan, Old English būgan > English 'bow', German biegen; Latin fugere is a related development. A variant reading ābhuñjitvā occurs in some MSS.

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

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