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paṭisaṁvedesiṁ

paṭisaṁvedeti

3rd person singular past indicative (aorist) of paṭisaṁvedeti (resolving paṭisaṁvedesiṁ as a variant past form)

1. felt in response
2. experienced back
3. sensed acutely

Built from

• paṭi — prefix · back, against
  Marks return or counter-motion; here it directs the feeling back toward the experiencer.
• saṁ — prefix · together, completely
  Intensifies and unifies; suggests the fullness and immediacy of the sensation.
• ved — root · feel, perceive
  Cognate with English 'wit' and Sanskrit vid-; the core sense of sensory or emotional experience.
• -ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  In this context, the aorist tense (paṭisaṁvedesiṁ) marks the completed action in past time.

Analysis. paṭi- (back, in return) + saṁ- (together, completely) + √ved (to feel, perceive) + -ti (3rd sg. present stem). The compound paṭisaṁvedeti means to feel something come back or to experience acutely and fully—commonly used in doctrinal contexts for acute sensation or the arising of vedanā (feeling) in response to contact.

Etymology. The root √ved is cognate with English 'wit' (to know) and Sanskrit vid-; the prefix paṭi- gives back-direction (Greek proti, Latin contra), and saṁ- brings wholeness and intensity (Latin con-, English same). Together they construct the idea of feeling fully in response—a technical term in the analysis of sense-contact and the roots of suffering.

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

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