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manosucaritena
manosucarita
nt instr sg of manosucarita (noun)
- good mental conduct; wholesome thought
Built from
- mano — stem · mind
From √man 'to think'. Cognate with English 'mind', Latin 'mens', Greek 'menos'. The root refers to the faculty of conscious thought.
- su — prefix · well, good
Indo-European su-, cognate with Greek eu- (eulogy, euphoria). Marks positive quality or ease; here indicates moral wholesomeness.
- car — root · move, conduct
√car 'to move, conduct oneself', cognate with Latin currere, English 'car', 'career'. Concrete sense of going or moving refined into moral conduct.
- ita — ending · done, conducted
Past participle suffix -ita forms an adjective: 'that which has been conducted/performed'. Marks the passive state of having been done.
- ena — ending · instrumental
Neuter singular instrumental case ending -ena. Marks the noun as expressing means, instrument, or agent of action in the clause.
Analysis. mano- (mind) + sucarita (well-conducted), a bahuvrīhi compound: conduct that is well-minded, or characterized by good mental action. The instrumental singular denotes agency or means.
Etymology. mano- is from √man (to think, cognate with English 'mind', Latin 'mens', Greek 'menos' spirit); sucarita is su- (well, cognate with Greek eu- in eulogy) + √car (to move, conduct oneself, cognate with Latin currere, English 'car'). The compound expresses the Buddhist path of purified mental action (cetasika kusala).