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anattamano

anattamana

masc nom sg of anattamana (adj)

1. irritated; annoyed; displeased; lit. not own mind

Built from

• an- — prefix · not, without
  Plain negation. Cognates: English un-, Greek a(n)-.
• atta — root · self, own
  Sanskrit ātman; related to Latin anima (breath, soul) and English animate. The self as the foundation of one's agency.
• mana — stem · mind, thought
  Sanskrit manas; cognate with English mind, Latin mēns. The faculty of ideation and emotion.
• -o — ending · nominative singular masculine
  Marks the subject in the nominative case, masculine gender, singular number.

Analysis. an- (not) + atta (self, own) + mana (mind); lit. 'not-own-mind', one whose mind is not their own, hence disturbed or displeased.

Etymology. an- (negation prefix, cognate with English un-, Greek a-) + atta (self, own; Sanskrit ātma, cognate with Latin anima 'soul' and English animate) + mana (mind; Sanskrit manas, cognate with English man 'mind' in compounds and Latin mēns). The compound expresses a mind seized or ruled by something external — not one's own.

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

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