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anajjhopanno

anajjhopanna

masc nom sg of anajjhopanna (pp)

1. not blindly absorbed; not obsessed; lit. not completely gone down into

Built from

• an- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation; related to English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• ajjho — prefix · down, into
  Variant of adho, from ava- (down) + dho. The concrete image is descent into a state.
• pa- — prefix · forth, forward
  Intensifying prefix that marks the verb as a past participle formation.
• panna — stem · gone, fallen
  Past participle of √pad (to fall, go down); conveys the sense of having descended into or absorbed by something.

Analysis. an- (not) + ajjho (down, into) + panna (gone, past participle of pati 'fall'); literally 'not gone down into', hence not absorbed or obsessed with.

Etymology. The prefix an- negates; ajjho is a variant form of adho (down, downward), from ava- (down) + dho (ablaut variant); panna is the past participle of the verb pati (to fall, descend), cognate with Latin patior 'to suffer' and English 'pathetic' in the sense of undergoing. The spatial image is of not sinking or falling into a state; obsession is construed as a downward absorption of the mind.

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

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