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cakkhusotaviññeyyesu

cakkhusotaviññeyya

masc loc pl of cakkhusotaviññeyya (adj); nt loc pl of cakkhusotaviññeyya (adj)

1. visible and audible; lit. to be known by the eye and ear

Built from

• cakkhu — root · eye
  From PIE *okw-; cognate with Sanskrit cakṣus, Latin oculus, English eye. The primary sense-door for visual perception.
• sota — root · ear
  From PIE *sreu- 'to flow, stream'; the ear as the receiving organ for sound vibrations.
• vi — prefix · apart, clearly
  The prefix vi- 'seeing apart, in different directions' sharpens the sense of knowing into clear perception.
• ññā — root · know
  The root of jñā (Sanskrit jñāti 'knows'); cognate with English know, German kennen.
• yya — ending · to be known (gerundive)
  The future passive participle ending, forming an adjective meaning 'fit to be known', 'perceptible', 'knowable'.

Analysis. Compound of cakkhu 'eye' + sota 'ear' + viññeyya 'to be known'; the sensory objects perceptible through vision and hearing, the two primary sense-doors.

Etymology. cakkhu < PIE *okw- 'eye' (Sanskrit cakṣus, Latin oculus, English eye); sota < PIE *sreu- 'flow, stream', the ear as the organ receiving sound-waves; viññeyya is the gerundive (futures passive participle) of √viññā 'to know', shaped by the prefix vi- 'apart, clearly' — 'to be clearly known', hence 'perceptible'.

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

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