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paṭijānāsi

paṭijānāti

pr 2nd sg of paṭijānāti (verb)

  1. agrees; assents; confirms; lit. knows back
  2. promises; lit. knows back
  3. makes the claim (of); claims (to be); supposes ones is; lit. knows back
  4. (logic) makes a logical proposition; lit. knows back
  5. possesses self-awareness; knows one's own existence; lit. knows back
  6. acknowledges; admits; confesses; lit. knows back

Etymology. pati + jānā + ti; from √ñā 'know'; Sanskrit pratijānāti [pratijñā]

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

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