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pantasenassa

pantasena

masc dat sg of pantasena (adj); nt dat sg of pantasena (adj); masc gen sg of pantasena (adj); nt gen sg of pantasena (adj)

1. who lives in a secluded dwelling; who lives in a remote lodging

Built from

• panta — root · wilderness, remote
  From √pan- meaning to extend far, spread; refers to wild, untamed places distant from habitation. Related to Sanskrit pānta.
• sena — stem · dwelling, residence
  A feminine noun from √śī (to sit, dwell); cognate with English sit and Latin sedēre. Here denoting the place where one resides or is situated.

Analysis. panta (wilderness, remote place) + sena (dwelling, residence); a bahuvrīhi compound meaning 'one whose dwelling is wilderness'.

Etymology. panta is from Sanskrit pānta-, past participle of √pan- (to spread, extend, go far), cognate with English pan- (prefix denoting breadth or all-encompassing scope). sena is from √śī, cognate with English sit and Latin sedēre (to sit, be situated). The compound describes the forest hermit whose 'home' is the untamed wilderness itself.

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

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