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evaṁsamaññānaṁ

evaṁsamaññā

genitive plural feminine of evaṁsamaññā (compound noun)

1. thus-cognition
2. agreement with 'it is thus'
3. the view that things are as they appear

Built from

• evaṁ — root · thus, so
  An indeclinable expressing manner or affirmation.
• samaññā — stem · cognition, agreement
  From saṁ (together) + √ñā (to know): knowing-together, hence agreement, consensus, or the cognition that brings things into alignment with opinion.

Analysis. evaṁ (thus, in this way) + samaññā (cognition, agreement); a compound expressing the false view that perceives and affirms things as they conventionally appear without discerning their deeper nature—often paired in the canon with diṭṭhi (wrong view) and used to criticize those who rest in surface agreement with how things seem.

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

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