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anussaranti

anussarati

pr 3rd pl of anussarati (verb)

1. remembers; recollects; bears in mind
2. follows; pursues; chases after; lit. flows behind
3. foresees; predicts; lit. remembers

Built from

• anu — prefix · along, following
  Trailing behind, following the track of; from PIE *anu-. The spatial sense of moving along behind shapes the meaning 'recollecting' — remembrance that follows experience.
• ssara — stem · remember
  From √smar/smṛ (to remember). The gemination ss- is Pali's regular development of -us- + s-. Cognates: Sanskrit smara-, Latin memor 'mindful', English memory.
• nti — ending · 3rd plural present
  The present indicative ending -nti marks third person plural. Here it indicates that multiple agents are remembering.

Etymology. anu- (along, following the track of; from PIE *anu-, akin to Greek ana- in the sense 'along, up through') + √smar/smṛ (to remember, cognate with Sanskrit smara-, Latin memor, English memory). The prefix anu- gives the sense of 'remembering along with' or 'recollection that follows in the wake of perception.' In the canon, anussati denotes recollection of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Saṅgha as cardinal practices.

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

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