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sañjānanti

sañjānāti

pr 3rd pl of sañjānāti (verb)

1. knows; knows as; perceives; conceives; recognizes; lit. knows together

Built from

• sam — prefix · together
  Bringing into one; works like Latin con-. Here the scattered sensory data or impressions are drawn together into unified recognition.
• jānā — root · know
  Common Indo-European root *gn̥- seen in Greek gignōskō, Latin (g)nōscō, Sanskrit jñā, English "know". The root captures direct acquaintance or becoming aware.
• ti — ending · 3rd plural present
  Active voice, present tense, third person plural: they know together.

Analysis. sam (together) + jānāti (knows): knowing brought together, unified knowing or recognition.

Etymology. sam- (together) + √jñā (know). The prefix sam- shows how scattered impressions are collected into a single act of knowing. √jñā is cognate with Greek gignōskō (know), Latin (g)nōscō (know, become acquainted), Sanskrit jñā, and English "know" (all from Indo-European *gn̥-). In Buddhist usage, sañjānana denotes the mental act of determining or recognizing an object—a key moment in perception where separate sensory data coalesce into a unified concept.

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

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