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parivajjayato

parivajjayanta

masc dat sg of parivajjayanta (prp); nt dat sg of parivajjayanta (prp); masc gen sg of parivajjayanta (prp); nt gen sg of parivajjayanta (prp)

1. completely avoiding; shunning; keeping away from; lit. avoiding all around

Built from

• pari — prefix · around, completely
  Spatial prefix meaning all the way round; intensifies the action to completeness. Related to Greek perí and English perimeter.
• vajj — root · avoid, turn away
  The root denotes bending or turning aside from something; akin to Sanskrit vajrayati.
• aya — stem · causative marker
  Suffix forming causative stems; here it extends the root into an active transitive meaning of causing avoidance.
• ant — ending · participle marker
  Forms present participles; marks ongoing action.
• o — ending · oblique singular
  Nominative ending o here functions in dative or genitive singular through sandhi conversion in the oblique stem parivajjayanto-.

Analysis. pari- (around, all-way round) + √vajj (avoid, turn away) + -aya- (causative suffix) + -ant- (participle marker) + -o (nominative ending converted to oblique by sandhi). The prefix pari- intensifies the root's meaning of avoidance into the sense of avoiding all around, keeping clear on every side.

Etymology. √vajj is related to Sanskrit vajrayati (to bend, turn aside). The prefix pari- carries the spatial sense of completeness around something, from PIE *per- (forward, through); compare Greek perí (around) and English perimeter. The causative -aya- extends the simple root into an active sense of causing avoidance.

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

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