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pannarase

pannarasa

masc acc pl of pannarasa (noun); masc loc sg of pannarasa (noun)

1. pannarasa (masc): fifteenth day of the lunar fortnight
2. pannarase (ind): on the fifteenth day of the lunar fortnight

Built from

• panna — stem · fifteen
  Cardinal numeral, likely influenced by or derived from older Indo-European *penkwe (Latin quinque, Greek pente, English five), or built from pa- 'forward' + √aṇ 'reach'. Appears as an independent word.
• rasa — stem · day, portion
  From √ras 'to flow, taste'; literally the 'flow' or 'portion' of time that passes. Cognate with Latin ratio 'reckoning, reason' (from the sense of 'portion' or 'accounting'), and with English 'taste' through semantic drift. In compounds, denotes a day of the lunar fortnight.
• -e — ending · locative sg
  Locative singular masculine ending. Marks the time or occasion on which something happens ('on the fifteenth day').

Analysis. panna (fifteen) + rasa (day); the fifteenth lunar day. In loc sg pannarase, the final -a of pannarasa elides before the locative ending -e.

Etymology. Compound of panna 'fifteen' (< pa- forward + √aṇ to reach, hence 'the set reached to', or assimilated from Skr. pañca 'five' with reduplication) and rasa 'day', 'lunar day' (< √ras to flow, taste; literally 'flow' or 'portion', the passing day). The word is a fixed calendrical term in Pali ritual and monastic observance.

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

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