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palagaṇḍantevāsī

masc nom sg of palagaṇḍantevāsī (noun); masc nom pl of palagaṇḍantevāsī (noun); masc acc pl of palagaṇḍantevāsī (noun); masc voc sg of palagaṇḍantevāsī (noun); …

1. carpenter's apprentice

Built from

• pala — root · wood, timber
  Related to Sanskrit phalaka (board, plank); the carpenter's material.
• gaṇḍa — stem · tool, workbench
  A carpenter's instrument or work-surface, possibly from √gaṇ (to count, arrange) with nominal suffix -ḍa.
• ante — prefix · before, near, alongside
  Related to Sanskrit antara (inner, between); concrete sense of 'in front of' or 'near' becomes 'apprenticed to.'
• vāsī — stem · dweller, resident
  From √vas 'to dwell'; one who lives in a place (here, in a master's workshop). Cognate with English wise (as in 'likewise', 'dwelling-manner') and Latin vēsper (evening, when one is at home).

Analysis. pala-gaṇḍa + ante-vāsī: palagarṇḍa is a carpenter's tool or workbench; antevāsī is a resident apprentice or pupil (ante 'before' + vāsī 'dweller'), one who lives alongside a master to learn the craft. A compound denoting the apprentice who dwells with a carpenter.

Etymology. palagaṇḍa (carpenter's tool, perhaps a plane or adze) + antevāsī (resident pupil). Antevāsī is ante- (before, near, from√vā 'dwell') + vāsī (one who dwells). The prefix ante- (before, alongside) is related to Sanskrit antara- (inner, between); vāsī derives from √vas 'to dwell' (cognate with English wise in the sense of 'dwelling' and Latin vēsper). The compound denotes a young craftsman resident in the workshop.

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

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