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jetavane

jetavana

nt acc pl of jetavana (noun); nt loc sg of jetavana (noun)

1. name of a monastery in Sāvatthī; lit. Victor's wood

Built from

• jeta — stem · victor, conqueror
  Possessive adjective from √ji 'to conquer'. Cognate with Latin vincere (win, conquer) and English win; the concrete sense of overcoming an opponent underlies the name.
• vana — stem · wood, forest
  Noun meaning a wooded area or grove. Cognate with Sanskrit vana and English wold (open rolling country, originally woodland). No prefix; a straightforward botanical term.
• e — ending · accusative plural/locative singular
  Neuter ending marking either accusative plural (jetavane = jetavanas) or locative singular (jetavane = jetavane) in this context.

Analysis. jeta (victor, possessive adj from jeti) + vana (wood, forest); lit. 'the wood of Jeta' or 'Jeta's grove', the celebrated monastery where the Buddha frequently taught.

Etymology. jeta derives from √ji (to conquer, overcome), cognate with Latin vincere and English win. vana (forest, wood) is cognate with Sanskrit vana and English wold. The compound names the park given to the Buddha by the merchant Anāthapiṇḍika near Sāvatthī, where Jeta was the original owner.

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

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