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pavārito

pavārita

masc nom sg of pavārita (pp)

1. invited; asked; offered
2. satisfied; fulfilled; who has refused more; lit. invited
3. who has celebrated Pavāraṇa; lit. invited

Built from

• pa — prefix · forth, forward
  Intensifying prefix meaning 'forth' or 'out ahead'. Here shapes vāraṇa into the sense of inviting forth, soliciting.
• vāraṇa — root · inviting, asking
  Related to √vṛ 'to cover, turn', but in this context carries the sense of 'inviting' or 'soliciting response'. The ritual meaning emerges from this sense.
• ta — ending · past participle
  Standard past participle ending -ta marks the verb pavārekati as completed action, here denoting one who has been invited or who has invited.

Analysis. pavārita is the past participle of pavārekati (denominative verb formed from pavāraṇa, the Invitation ceremony at the end of the rainy season). pavāraṇa itself is pa + vāraṇa, 'that which invites forth'.

Etymology. Derived from pavāraṇa (pa 'forth' + vāraṇa 'inviting'), which becomes the name of the monastic ceremony (Pavāraṇa) when bhikkhus invite criticism of their conduct during the retreat. The prefix pa- carries its sense of 'forward' or 'forth', here applied to the motion of inviting.

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

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