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manasānupekkhitā

manasānupekkhita

masc nom pl of manasānupekkhita (pp); fem nom sg of manasānupekkhita (pp); fem nom pl of manasānupekkhita (pp); nt nom pl of manasānupekkhita (pp); …

1. mentally recollected; reconsidered; rechecked; re-investigated

Built from

• manas — root · mind
  From √man- 'to think'; cognate with English 'mind', Latin mens. The instrumental manasā means 'by means of mind' or 'with mind'.
• ā — prefix · toward, unto
  Reverses or modulates the verb; here it marks the object of mental attention coming into focus.
• anu — prefix · along, following
  Trailing behind or along the track of something; here suggests observing in sequence or with close attention.
• pekkh — root · see, look
  To perceive or observe visually; with the prefix anu-, 'to regard closely' or 'attend to'.
• ita — ending · past participle
  Marks the word as a completed action (past participle); agrees with the noun it modifies in gender and number.

Analysis. manasā + anupekkhita: 'with mind' (instrumental singular of manas) + 'observed alongside' (past participle of anupekkh-), yielding 'observed with the mind', 'mentally reconsidered'

Etymology. manas 'mind' (from √man- 'to think', cognate with English 'mind', Latin mens, Sanskrit manas) + anupekkhita, past participle of anupekkhatī 'looks alongside', from anu- (following the track of) + √pekkh- (to look, see); the prefix anu- originally meant 'along, in the track of', imparting the sense of attending or observing closely.

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

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