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pakāsitāti

pakāsita

past participle of pakāseti (3rd sg perf or aor); final -ti is quotative particle

1. explained (with); illustrated (by); made known (by); declared; lit. shone forward

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifying prefix meaning forth or forward; here carries the concrete sense of bringing light or knowledge into view.
• kās — root · shine, appear
  Root denoting radiance or manifestation; related to the imagery of light becoming visible.
• ita — ending · past participle
  Past participle suffix marking a completed action; here indicates the state of having been made known or shone forth.
• iti — ending · quotative particle
  Particle marking reported speech or citation; attached to the preceding word via sandhi, turning the statement into a quoted utterance.

Analysis. pakāsita + iti: past participle pakāsita ("made known") + quotative particle iti ("thus, so"), forming a reported speech or citation marker; -tāti is the sandhi contraction of -ta + iti where the final -a of pakāsita becomes -ā before iti.

Etymology. pa- (forward, forth, intensifying) + √kās (shine, appear), derived noun pakāsita. The prefix pa- carries the sense of shining forth or bringing to light; √kās is cognate with Latin caseus ("cheese", lit. "whited" or related to appearance) and the imagery of illumination. The past participle shows completion: what has been shone forward, hence declared or made manifest.

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

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