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pajānātisāssa

pajānāti

3rd person singular present indicative active of pajānāti; sāssa is an archaic/dialectal enclitic emphatic particle. The form appears to be pajānāti + sāssa, possibly with textual variation or Vedic-style emphasis.

1. knows distinctly
2. understands clearly
3. recognizes

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifies the root; the knowledge steps forth clearly and distinctly.
• jānā — root · knows, recognizes
  Cognate with English can, Latin cognōscō, Sanskrit jñāti. The base notion is direct acquaintance or recognition.
• ti — ending · 3rd singular present
  Active voice marker for third person singular present indicative tense.

Analysis. pa- (forward, forth, intensifying) + jānāti (knows). The prefix pa- steps forward the act of knowing, giving it the sense of distinct, thorough understanding rather than mere awareness.

Etymology. √jñā (know; cognate with English can, Latin cognōscō, Sanskrit jñāti). The prefix pa- (forward, forth) intensifies the root, as in pajānāti 'knows distinctly' — the knowledge that steps forth clearly.

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

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