‹ Back to the text

pariññātaṁ

pariññāta

past participle (accusative singular neuter) of pariññāti; literally 'understood thoroughly'

1. fully understood
2. comprehended completely
3. known in all aspects

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, complete
  Spatial sense of encompassing all sides; used to express totality and full comprehension. Cognate: Greek peri- (perimeter, peripatetic).
• ñā — root · know, perceive
  Core sense of knowledge and direct perception. Cognate: English 'know', Sanskrit jñā, from PIE *ǵneh₃-.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks the word as a past participle in accusative singular neuter form, used here as a predicate adjective.

Analysis. pari- (around, all the way round) + ñāta (known, from √ñā 'to know'): 'known completely around', hence 'thoroughly understood' in the sense of full penetrative knowledge of a phenomenon in all its aspects.

Etymology. √ñā 'to know' is cognate with English 'know' and Sanskrit jñā (from PIE *ǵneh₃- 'to know'). The prefix pari- ('around, complete') combines with it to denote the comprehensive, all-sided understanding characteristic of Buddhist wisdom (pariññā).

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

Lite mode — plain HTML for e-readers and old browsers. Full version