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adhivāsayato

adhivāsayanta

masc dat sg of adhivāsayanta (prp); nt dat sg of adhivāsayanta (prp); masc gen sg of adhivāsayanta (prp); nt gen sg of adhivāsayanta (prp)

1. enduring; tolerating; weathering; lit. causing to live through

Built from

• adhi — prefix · on top of, presiding over
  Spatial prefix indicating position above or superintendence. Bears down on the following action, giving the sense of sustained or forceful application.
• vās — root · dwell, abide
  Cognate with English 'was' and Latin vasum. The root denotes a state of remaining or continuing in place.
• aya — stem · causative
  Suffix forming causative verbs; -aya- makes vāsayati 'cause to dwell' from vasati 'dwells'.
• anta — ending · present participle
  Present participle ending (masc nom sg base form); marks ongoing action at the time of speaking or the time reference of the matrix clause.

Analysis. adhi- (on top of, presiding over) + vāsayanta (causing to dwell, present participle of vāsayati, causative of vasati). The prefix adhi- gives the sense of 'bearing down on' or 'presiding over' the action of causing something to abide or endure, hence 'causing to live through' or 'enduring by sustained application'.

Etymology. √vas (to dwell, abide) + causative suffix -aya- + participle -anta; the root vas is cognate with English 'was' (past of 'be', implying continuous state) and Latin vasum. The prefix adhi- carries its spatial sense of 'on top of, presiding over' into the metaphorical sense of bearing down on or sustaining an action.

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

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