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anuvicaramāno

anuvicaramāna

masc nom sg of anuvicaramāna (prp)

1. walking about; wandering around

Built from

• anu — prefix · along, after
  Trailing behind, following a track; suggests sustained, repetitive action along a path.
• vicar — root · wander, move
  The root of motion and restlessness; Sanskrit vicarati means to move about or roam.
• a — stem · (stem formant)
  Thematic stem-building vowel connecting root to the participle ending.
• mān — ending · present participle
  Marks continuous present action; the -mān ending (with -a- thematic) shows the agent in the act of wandering.

Analysis. anu- (along, following) + vicara- (wandering, movement) + -māna (present participle ending): 'wandering along', moving hither and thither while following a path or sequence.

Etymology. anu- (following, along; cognate with Greek ana- 'along, up through') + √vicar (to move about, wander), from the root of Vedic Sanskrit vicarati. The prefix anu- gives the sense of moving in a sustained or repeated manner along a direction, turning abstract wandering into continuous, methodical movement.

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

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