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aññadeva

añña

pronoun + emphatic particle

1. añña (pron): another; other; different; someone else; not oneself
2. añña (pron): something more; something further; something else
3. aññā (fem): gnosis; spiritual insight; awakening; final knowledge
4. aññāti (pr): knows; understands; is aware (of)
5. añña (adj): ignorant; foolish; stupid; lit. who does not know
6. añña (pron): other (than); apart (from)

Built from

• a- — prefix · not, without
  Negation. Cognate with English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• jña — root · know
  Sanskrit jñā; cognate with Latin gnō- (know), English know, German kennen. The root conveys awareness and recognition.
• eva — ending · emphatic particle (truly, just, only)
  Marks focus, emphasis, or exclusivity. Cognate with English even; serves to highlight the word it follows.

Analysis. añña (another) + eva (emphatic particle meaning 'truly, just, only'). The compound emphasizes distinctness or exclusivity: 'truly another', 'quite different'. Common in the canon to stress differentiation or separation.

Etymology. añña from a- (not) + jñā (√jñā to know), literally 'not-knowing' or 'one who does not know', hence the secondary sense 'other, different' (that which lies outside one's knowledge). Cognate with Sanskrit anya, Latin ignarus (not knowing). eva is an emphatic particle, from the same root as English 'even', marking focus or emphasis.

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

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