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panāyasmato

sandhi contraction: pa + na + āyasmato

1. and for the venerable; and of the venerable

Built from

• pa — prefix · forward, forth
  Intensifying particle marking emphasis or iteration. Cognate with Latin pro- and Greek pro-.
• na — root · and, or
  Pali conjunction; marks coordination or addition in discourse.
• āyasmato — stem · of/to the venerable
  Genitive or dative singular of āyasmā (venerable), an honorific title for senior monks. The stem derives from Sanskrit āyuṣmant- (possessed of life), from āyus (lifespan), cognate with Latin aevum (age, era).

Analysis. pan (pa + na, 'and') + āyasmato (genitive/dative of āyasmā, 'venerable one'). The prefix pa- (forward, forth) intensifies or marks the particle na ('and, or'), creating the emphatic conjunction pan- ('and'); āyasmato is the inflected form of the honorific āyasmā, a title for monks.

Etymology. āyasmā derives from Sanskrit āyuṣmant- (possessed of life/longevity), from āyus (life, span, age), cognate with Latin aevum (age, era) and English ever. The prefix pa- is from Indo-European *per- (forward, through); na is the Pali conjunction 'and'.

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

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