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jhāyino

jhāyi

masc dat sg of jhāyi (noun); masc gen sg of jhāyi (noun); masc nom pl of jhāyī (noun); masc acc pl of jhāyī (noun); …

1. jhāyi (masc): meditator; yogi
2. jhāyī (masc): meditator; yogi
3. jhāyī (adj): meditating; contemplating

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• jhā — root · burn, blaze
  The root evokes the intense heat of focused mental absorption. Cognate with Sanskrit dhyai and the Sanskrit root dhī (to think), which shares the Indo-European root *dheu- (to smoke, rise as vapour), reflecting the internal fire of meditation.
• i/-in — ending · agent noun (one who)
  The nominalizing suffix that creates an agent noun from the root, marking the one who performs the action of meditation or burning mental concentration.

Etymology. From √jhā, to burn or blaze, cognate with Sanskrit dhyai (to think, meditate) and Greek theos (god, the shining one); the sense evolved from the intense internal heat of concentrated absorption to the mental fire of jhānic meditation.

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

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