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paṭipanne

paṭipanna

masc acc pl of paṭipanna (pp); nt acc pl of paṭipanna (pp); masc loc sg of paṭipanna (pp); nt loc sg of paṭipanna (pp); …

1. practising (for); lit. gone along
2. followed a path; undertaken a journey; lit. gone along
3. fallen (into); met (with); got into; lit. gone along

Built from

• paṭi — prefix · back, against, counter
  Prefixed motion: originally 'toward and counter', it lends the sense of turning or committing oneself to a path.
• pa — prefix · forth, forward
  Intensifying prefix layered atop √pad, reinforcing the outward motion into practice.
• pad — root · go, walk
  Cognate with Latin pes 'foot', English foot, Greek pous. The root imagery of stepping or treading grounds the sense of 'undertaking a path'.
• na — ending · past participle
  Forms the perfect participle, marking the state of having gone or undertaken as an achieved condition.

Analysis. paṭi + panna: paṭi (back, against, in return) + panna (gone, from √pad 'go'). Literally 'gone back along' or 'gone in counter-motion,' hence 'undertaken, embarked on, practising' — the sense of turning toward a practice or path.

Etymology. √pad 'go, walk' (cognate with Latin pes, English foot, Greek pous); prefixed paṭi- 'back, against, counter' sharpens the sense from plain motion to deliberate undertaking or commitment to a course.

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

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