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nānubyañjanaggāhī

masc nom sg of nānubyañjanaggāhī (adj); masc nom pl of nānubyañjanaggāhī (adj); fem nom sg of nānubyañjanaggāhī (adj); nt nom pl of nānubyañjanaggāhī (adj); …

1. not enticed by the details; not focusing on the secondary characteristics

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• na — prefix · not
  Plain negation. The speaker rejects the quality that follows.
• anu — prefix · along, after
  Following the track; attending to what trails behind the principal thing. Cognates: Greek ana- (along, up through).
• byañjana — stem · mark, detail
  The secondary characteristics, signs, or ornamental features that accompany a principal thing. Sanskrit vyañjana; related to the root meaning 'to display, reveal'.
• ggāhī — ending · one who grasps
  Nominalized agent from √gah (seize, grasp). The -ī ending marks masculine singular nominative; the geminate gg- is a phonetic variant. Designates the person or agent performing the action.

Analysis. na + anu + byañjana + ggāhī. Compound: na (not) + anubyañjanaggāhī (one who grasps the details). The speaker does not seize upon the marks or characteristics that follow the principal thing.

Etymology. Compound of na (negation) + anu- (along after, following the track) + byañjana (mark, characteristic feature, secondary attribute) + ggāhī (from √gah, seizing, grasping). The prefix anu- captures the sense of attending to minor particulars that follow in the wake of the main subject. Related to Sanskrit vyañjana and Latin lingua (tongue, language), both denoting the outward marks by which inner meanings are expressed.

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

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