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pariññātantaṁ

accusative singular neuter of pariññātanta (past participle used as adjective); possibly misspelled or misread — closest attested form is pariññāta (fully understood) or pariññātaṁ

1. fully understood
2. completely known
3. exhaustively perceived

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, completely
  The spatial sense of moving round something entirely extends to thorough, all-encompassing knowledge. Cognate: Greek peri- (perimeter).
• ññā — root · know
  Pali ññā (also ñā) derives from Sanskrit √jñā. Cognates: Greek gignṓskō, English "know", German "Kenntnis".
• ta — ending · past participle
  Marks the word as a completed action or state, here "understood" or "known". This is the standard past participle suffix in Pali.
• ntaṁ — ending · accusative masculine/neuter
  The ending appears anomalous; -ntaṁ may reflect scribal or metrical alteration of the standard accusative -taṁ.

Analysis. pari-ññā-ta: pari (around, completely) + ññā (know) + -ta (past participle suffix). The prefix pari- conveys the sense of going all the way round, yielding "full understanding" or "complete knowledge." The final -ntaṁ appears to be an oblique case marker added to the past participle, though the formation is irregular or scribal.

Etymology. √ñā (Pali cognate of Sanskrit √jñā "to know", related to Greek gignṓskō and English "know") combined with the prefix pari-, which originally meant the spatial act of going round something completely, extended metaphorically to mean thorough, exhaustive understanding. In the Suttas, pariññāta denotes the Buddha's and the arhat's complete comprehension of the Four Noble Truths and the nature of phenomena.

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

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